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Houston-Area Manufacturer to Pay $35K to Settle Sex Harassment, Retaliation Suit

A plastics manufacturer in the Houston area has agreed to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit for $35,000. Element Plastics Mfg. LLC, based in Sugar Land, Texas, has settled the suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission …

Chicago Cargo Company to Pay $135K to Settle EEOC Harassment, Retaliation Suit

Federal officials say a Chicago-based cargo handling company will pay $135,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. Alliance Ground International, a cargo handling company that performs cargo, mail and ramp handling services for multiple clients at several major …

Chicago Fitness Club to Pay $45K to Settle Sex Harassment Suit

A Chicago fitness club will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says an employee of Lakeshore Sport and Fitness filed a discrimination charge …

Chicago Restaurant Chain to Settle Sexual Harassment, Retaliation Suit for $160K

Chicago-based Rosebud Restaurants Inc. will pay $160,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC’s lawsuit charged Rosebud, which owns approximately nine Italian restaurants in the Chicagoland area, with …

Arkansas Nursing Care Facility Sued for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

Federal officials allege in a lawsuit that Happy Valley LLC d/b/a Happy Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation in Malvern, Ark., failed to address sexual harassment complaints made by female employees and terminated those employees for complaining of the harassment in violation …

Chicago Staffing Firm to Pay $30K to Settle Sex Harassment, Retaliation Suit

Anchor Staffing Inc., a Chicago-based staffing agency, will pay $30,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC’s lawsuit charged Anchor Staffing with violating an employee’s federal civil rights …

Missouri Supreme Court Tosses Officer’s $7.5M Harassment Award on Technicality

The Missouri Supreme Court has thrown out a $7.5 million judgment to a former St. Louis police officer who claimed her supervisor sexually harassed her, and that her complaints about the harassment resulted in retaliation. The ruling sent the case …

Former Minnesota Insurance Division Official Alleges Harassment, Retaliation

A former top official at Minnesota’s Department of Commerce is suing the state over alleged sexual harassment and retaliation from a fellow agency executive whom he says ordered his staff to destroy documents โ€” a possible violation of state law. …