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Pay Gap at Nike Persisted After Changes, Lawsuit Alleges

Female employees at Nike Inc. who came on board before the company revamped its hiring practices were still subject to pay gaps that totaled at least $11,000 annually compared with male employees, plaintiffs in a lawsuit allege in newly unsealed …

Lawsuit Accuses Washington Pizza Chain of Underpaying Delivery Drivers

A proposed class-action lawsuit claims popular Western Washington chain restaurant Zeeks Pizza withheld wages, tips and other money owed to delivery drivers. Seattle attorney Toby Marshall filed the suit on behalf of Zeeks driver Chance White in King County Superior …

EEOC Sues Blue Sky Vision for Disability Discrimination at Michigan Facility

Blue Sky Vision L.L.C., a Delaware-based management services organization that provides support to eye care providers, has been sued by federal employment officials for employee disability discrimination at a facility in Grand Rapids, Mich. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …

Federal Officials Sue Colorado’s Telluride Express for Age Discrimination

San Miguel Mountain Ventures LLC, which does business as Telluride Express in Montrose, Colo., has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for refusing to hire a job applicant because of his age. According to the EEOC’s …

Dollar General to Pay $6M to Settle Federal Class Race Discrimination Suit

Major retail chain Dollar General will pay $6 million and furnish other relief to settle a federal class race discrimination lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. According to the lawsuit brought …

Houston Manufacturer Sued for Race Discrimination

Federal officials have sued Champion Fiberglass Inc., a Houston-area manufacturing company, saying the company violated federal anti-discrimination laws by engaging in systemic discrimination against non-Hispanic applicants. The lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges that a class …

Texas-Based Atlas Resource Partners Faces Federal Age Bias Suit

A federal agency has charged a Fort Worth, Texas-based company with discrimination for firing an experienced production foreman fired because of his age. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said it has filed a lawsuit against Atlas Resource Partners. …