EEOC Sues Covenant Woods for Age and Disability Discrimination
Covenant Woods Senior Living, LLC and BrightSpace Senior Living, LLC (together, “Covenant Woods”), which operate the Covenant Woods retirement community in Columbus, Georgia, violated federal law when they fired a…
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Hospital Housekeeping Systems to Pay $520,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
Hospital Housekeeping Systems, LLC (HHS), a provider of housekeeping, food and facilities support to numerous industries, based in Dripping Springs, Texas, will pay $520,000 as part of the settlement of…
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Lawsuit: Kentucky Nurses Fired after Reporting Fellow Nurse Was Stealing, Taking Morphine
Nurses at Heritage Hall nursing home in Anderson County say they were fired for calling the police on a fellow nurse, according to a new lawsuit.
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Paramount Healthcare Consultants to Pay $50,000 in EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates nursing care facilities across Texas and Louisiana, will pay $50,000 to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment…
Read More »DOL Recovers $181K for 70 Nurses, Assistants Denied Overtime after Michigan Company Misclassifies Them as Contractors
On Feb. 2, 2024, Judge Sean F. Cox in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan entered a consent judgment requiring Reliance Staffing LLC and its owner,…
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DOL Recovers $33K in Back Wages for 28 Workers after Florida Ambulance Service Failed to Pay Overtime at Required Rates
US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found Excelsior Ambulance Service Inc. paid workers an incorrect overtime rate, in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The agency…
Read More »Medsurant Health to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Medsurant Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based healthcare services company providing intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring services to hospitals and surgeons in several states will pay $80,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed…
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Trinity Health-Michigan to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Trinity Health Grand Rapids, formerly known as Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a hospital and member of the Trinity Health-Michigan health system, agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to…
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DOL Recovers $47K in Back Wages, Damages for 2 Workers Illegally Fired by Employer for Taking Protected Leave
The US Department of Labor has recovered $47,728 in back wages and liquidated damages for two former employees of two separate Tennessee-based healthcare providers that violated their rights to protected…
Read More »Settlements Announced with Three Temporary Nurse Staffing Agencies for Overcharging LTC Facilities
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced settlements with three temporary nurse staffing agencies to resolve allegations that they failed to comply with regulations and charged for temporary nurse staffing…
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