10/04/2010
The EEOC is suing ENGlobal Engineering, based in Houston, for disability discrimination after the company fired a worker with multiple sclerosis. The EEOC suit alleges violations of the ADA, and seeks almost every possible kind of compensation: back pay, interest, lost wages, front pay, out-of-pocket expenses, court costs, punitive damages and damages for emotional pain and suffering, inconvenience and mental anguish.
10/04/2010
A former Caldwell County corrections officer has filed a discrimination and whistle-blower lawsuit claiming that she lost her job after telling a supervisor she had seen two co-workers having sex in the county jail. Her lawsuit claims her subsequent demotion and termination were in retaliation for her report.