A Providence Water employee has sued his supervisor and the City of Providence in federal court. Photo: Providence City Hall, GoLocalProv
An employee at the Providence Water Supply Board has sued his supervisor and the City of Providence in federal court, claiming his supervisor attempted to prevent him from speaking Spanish on the job.
In a seven-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court on December 16, Dominican Republic-born Simon Peralta, who has served as a Senior Mechanic for Providence Water since 2017, sued supervisor Antonio Fernandes, for allegedly telling Peralta only English could be spoken at work.
Peralta, represented by attorney Shannah Kurland, sued Fernandes as well as the City of Providence for discrimination based on his race in violation of federal civil rights and employment law. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that frontline essential workers, as well as people age 75 and older, be next in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The recommendations were made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Sunday, which voted in favor 13-1.
ACIP voted that the roughly 30 million Americans that fall into the frontline essential workers group, including those in food production and manufacturing, should be in Phase 1b. Then all other essential workers, such as those in foodservice and construction, should be in Phase 1c. If CDC Director Robert Redfield accepts the recommendation, then these groups will likely be able to get the vaccine after healthcare workers and nursing home residents, who are now being vaccinated.
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Performance Food Group agreed to pay more than $5 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that since 2004 it failed to hire women, the agency announced Dec. 16.
The five-year consent decree settling the legal action forbids Performance Food Group from failing to hire women for positions such as driver and requires that the employer hire a vice president of diversity, among other things. Women continue to be excluded from traditionally male-dominated industries and occupations based upon misconceived and outdated notions about their abilities, Maria Salacuse, EEOC Assistant General Counsel, said. The EEOC will pursue class-wide litigation to eliminate discriminatory barriers that women face in the workplace especially in the hiring process.
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…officials with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said mandating vaccinations does not violate the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits employers from requiring medical examinations of employees, except under limited circumstances.
“If a vaccine is administered to an employee by an employer for protection against contracting COVID-19, the employer is not seeking information about an individual’s impairments or current health status, and, therefore, it is not a medical examination,” EEOC officials said in the updated guidelines.
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