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Texas Energy Company to Pay $260K to Settle Racial Harassment Lawsuit

A Texas energy company will pay a $265,000 fine to settle charges that it subjected Black and Hispanic field mechanics to harassment. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced last week that Liberty Energy, Inc. doing business as Liberty …

Texas Manufactured Homes Company Faces Lawsuit for Alleged Racial Harassment in the Workplace

A Texas manufactured homes company was sued for subjecting an employee to a hostile work environment after learning learning of his multiracial family, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Cavco Industries, Inc. and Palm …

Pennsylvania Jury Awards Corrections Officer $1M Over Retaliatory Firing Claim

A white Allegheny County jail corrections officer who claimed he was fired in retaliation for reporting racial and sexual harassment incidents has been awarded almost $1 million by a federal jury. Jeffrey Kengerski claimed that the Allegheny County Jail and …

Kentucky Manufacturer Took Adequate Steps to Stem Racial Harassment, Court Finds

Although a black maintenance worker suffered “intolerable racial harassment” from co-workers at a Kentucky manufacturer, the employer took steps to investigate and end the practices and cannot be held responsible for civil rights violations, a federal appeals court decided Monday. …