GULFPORT, Miss. - Workplace Staffing Solutions, L.L.C., a Louisiana company operating an office in Gulfport, Miss., violated federal law by failing to hire at least 34 qualified women for temporary residential trashcan collector (RTCC) positions in Harrison County, Miss., because of their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Oct. 26.
Read the press release here.
Showing posts with label discriminatory hiring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discriminatory hiring. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2015
EEOC Sues Workplace Staffing Solutions for Rejecting Women for Trashcan Collector Jobs
Louisiana Staffing Firm Failed to Hire at Least 34 Qualified Women Because of Their Sex, Federal Agency Charges
Monday, April 2, 2012
FedEx to deliver $3 million settlement to OFCCP
Lexology
Fox Rothschild LLP
Christina A. Stoneburner
USA
March 23 2012
The Department of Labor announced that it had reached a $3 million settlement with two FedEx Corp. subsidiaries to address discriminatory hiring practices. The settlement also requires FedEx to change its hiring practices and provide anti-discrimination training.
As we have noted in several prior posts, the OFCCP is ramping up its enforcement efforts. This is the latest big money settlement achieved by the OFCCP in a matter of months. (10/11 Cavines Beef $600,000 settlement and 9/11 Tyson Foods $2.25 million settlements to name a few).
Full Story: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=c4e04553-ed9a-4594-b01f-e0b220bcc031&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+Federal+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2012-04-02&utm_term=
Fox Rothschild LLP
Christina A. Stoneburner
USA
March 23 2012
The Department of Labor announced that it had reached a $3 million settlement with two FedEx Corp. subsidiaries to address discriminatory hiring practices. The settlement also requires FedEx to change its hiring practices and provide anti-discrimination training.
As we have noted in several prior posts, the OFCCP is ramping up its enforcement efforts. This is the latest big money settlement achieved by the OFCCP in a matter of months. (10/11 Cavines Beef $600,000 settlement and 9/11 Tyson Foods $2.25 million settlements to name a few).
Full Story: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=c4e04553-ed9a-4594-b01f-e0b220bcc031&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+Federal+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2012-04-02&utm_term=
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Iowa State Government Begins its Defense in Case on Bias in Hiring
Des Moines Register
11:21 PM, Oct. 4, 2011
A multimillion-dollar, class-action challenge to Iowa’s allegedly discriminatory hiring process shifted gears Tuesday as plaintiffs’ lawyers rested and state attorneys began their more formal attack on “the amorphous nature of this particular case.”
Plaintiffs’ attorneys rested their case halfway through the 17th day of testimony in Pippen vs. State of Iowa following questions to Joe Ellis, who was state government’s chief affirmative action officer before he retired in 2009.
Ellis also was the first witness for state lawyers, who until Tuesday had largely restrained their questioning.
Full Story: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111005/NEWS/310050043/-1/gallery_array/Iowa-state-government-begins-its-defense-case-bias-hiring
11:21 PM, Oct. 4, 2011
A multimillion-dollar, class-action challenge to Iowa’s allegedly discriminatory hiring process shifted gears Tuesday as plaintiffs’ lawyers rested and state attorneys began their more formal attack on “the amorphous nature of this particular case.”
Plaintiffs’ attorneys rested their case halfway through the 17th day of testimony in Pippen vs. State of Iowa following questions to Joe Ellis, who was state government’s chief affirmative action officer before he retired in 2009.
Ellis also was the first witness for state lawyers, who until Tuesday had largely restrained their questioning.
Full Story: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20111005/NEWS/310050043/-1/gallery_array/Iowa-state-government-begins-its-defense-case-bias-hiring
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