CCA settles with EEOC

By Kleinheider Posted on October 14, 2009 at 12:18 pm

From the AP:

The operators of a Colorado private prison have agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that male officers forced female workers to perform sexual acts to keep their jobs.

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement with the Dominion Correctional Services LLC and Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America on Tuesday.

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Jack in the Box settles EEOC suit

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on May 19, 2009 at 2:48 pm

The restaurant chain will pay $20,000 to settle allegations of racial discrimination against a white woman at one of its Nashville locations.

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Uncle Hershel’s sexual harassment policy rewrite

By Kleinheider Posted on April 9, 2009 at 5:43 pm

From the AP:

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. will pay $255,000 and rewrite company policies to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit.

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Don’t mess with the feds

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on December 30, 2008 at 3:48 pm

Knoxville attorney Jack Burgin shares some perspective on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s fiscal 2009 report. One noteworthy number points to the muscle it brings to the table.

[The] EEOC’s success rate in litigation is statistically better (50 percent v. 38 percent) than that of private attorneys. (That doesn’t reflect on the quality of representation so much as the disparity in litigation resources and the ability to select which lawsuits to bring.)

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Tags: employment, harassment, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, workplace regulation