Senior Living Home Discharged Employee Due to Her Disability, Federal Agency Alleges
SYLVANIA, OH Charter Senior Living, LLC, which operates living communities for seniors, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for discharging an employee because she has nerve damage. The employee worked at Charter Senior Living Oak Openings in Sylvania, Ohio, where there are approximately 60 employees.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Charter Senior Living violated the ADA by removing one of its caregivers from the schedule because she has nerve damage in her right hand. The company sent her for a second physical when it learned she had nerve damage. The medical examiner completing the assessment concluded the employee met the physical standards of the examination, but declined to pass the employee unconditionally due to her nerve damage. Charter Senior Living refused to let the caregiver return to work without evaluating how her nerve damage impacted her ability to c
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Company Knew Assistant Manager Was Sending Female Employees Pornographic Messages but Took No Action for a Year, Federal Agency Charged
DETROIT – Menards, Inc., which operates over 300 home improvement stores, will pay $25,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC charged that a female employee at a Menards store in Wixom, Mich., complained that the assistant hardware department manager was sending her pornographic video clips and photos via text message. She showed some of the messages to another assistant manager, who in turn reported it to the department manager. The department manager chose neither to discipline his assistant manager nor launch an investigation.
Aerospace Parts Manufacturer Refused to Hire Older Applicant After Asking His Age, Federal Agency Charged
DETROIT – United Precision Products Co., Inc., a Michigan-based aerospace components manufacturer, will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, United Precision Products violated federal law by refusing to hire an applicant because of his age. The then-64-year-old applicant applied through a staffing agency to be a machine operator. During a pre-employment interview, United Precision Products’ plant supervisor asked for the applicant’s age, date of high school graduation and driver’s license. Later, the plant supervisor told the staffing agency that the company was not going to hire the applicant because he did not have the desire for the job, the EEOC said.
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A Michigan restaurant will pay $200,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit that claimed the eatery's owner made repeated lewd comments to a female sous-chef, then fired her almost immediately after she complained.