Feds sue employer for job-related Scientology requirements

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Iowa turkey farm against which it won a record $240 million award on behalf of employees with mental disabilities told a federal judge that sum must be reduced. A Davenport, Iowa, jury found ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. "Governor Leader was years ahead of the nation in setting a path toward making equal employment opportunity a reality in Pennsylvania. "He showed tremendous courage and foresight by recognizing that discrimination against any ...

The payout was the largest in the 48-year history of the US Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionA US company must pay 32 mentally disabled workers 240 million dollars (£154 million) in damages for what lawyers described as decades of abuse.The ...

(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- 5-7-13 Company Withdrew Job Offer Because of Cancer Surgery, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA - An Atlanta-based air transport communications and ...

Recently, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its informal guidance on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to job applicants or employees with cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities. ...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced last week that it had settled its first lawsuit alleging violations of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). GINA, which was passed by Congress in 2008, makes it illegal ...

WASHINGTON, May 8-- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following testimony of Judith L. Lichtman:. The National Partnership is a non-profit, nonpartisan advocacy organization with more than 40 years of experience promoting ...

A Davenport, Iowa jury today awarded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) damages totaling $240 million - the largest verdict in the federal agency's history - for disability discrimination and severe abuse. The jury agreed with ...

An Iowa jury recently handed down what could be the largest verdict in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's history, including a judge's order that a turkey plant must pay 32 mentally disabled men $240 million. The jury found that ...