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- Teaneck Township and Fire Department African American firefighter awarded $538,000 for racial discrimination. (Mar-27-07)
- GLC Restaurants, Inc. $500,000 settlement for McDonald's employee discrimination and harassment. (Mar-26-07)
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 51 employees get $2 million in sexual harassment lawsuit. (Mar-26-07)
- Keller, TX $55,000 out-of-court settlement for officer discrimination and wrongful termination. (Mar-22-07)
- Melard Manufacturing Employees Former employees pay $2.2 million for false injury claims. (Mar-22-07)
- Chula Vista, CA $155,000 settlement and lifetime retirement benefits awarded to assistant city manager. (Mar-22-07)
- Orlando Sanford International Airport $35,000 awarded as compensation in racial discrimination lawsuit. (Mar-22-07)
- New Albany and Mayor James Garner $125,000 settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit. (Mar-22-07)
- Modesto, CA $3.25 million to settle allegations of gender discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. (Mar-21-07)
- Eureka County, NV $289,000 settlement for employee defamation, breach of contract, and wrongful termination. (Mar-15-07)
- Nob Hill Properties Inc. $35,000 settlement for discrimination and withholding a promotion. (Mar-15-07)
- Dana Corp. $2.25 million settlement after terminating labor contracts and retirement benefits for employees. (Mar-12-07)
- Baldwin Park Unified School District Woman receives $50,000 ending sexual harassment suit against board member. (Mar-12-07)
- BP Plc $2.4 million fine for OSHA violations. (Mar-12-07)
- San Francisco, CA Police officers sue for racial discrimination; settle for $1.6 million. (Mar-9-07)
- New Mexico Highlands University $205,000 settlement awarded to a former professor for discrimination. (Mar-9-07)
- Swanton Local Board of Education $300,000 settlement awarded to former teacher for racial discrimination. (Mar-8-07)
- Minado $130,000 fine for language discrimination. (Mar-8-07)
- Seattle City Light Employees get close to $1.5 million settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit against employer. (Mar-6-07)
- America West Airlines $100,000 settlement for female employee harassment. (Mar-6-07)
- Canadian National Railway Co. Strike ends with railways agreeing to pay $2.5 million in bonuses plus a wage hike to about 2,800 workers. (Mar-6-07)
- Rogue Valley Medical Center $500,000 settlement for understaffing nurses. (Mar-6-07)
- Long Beach Unified School District Teachers sue school district for work without compensation, get $250,000 as compensation. (Feb-28-07)
- Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership Gay employee sues company for hostile work environment gets $1.4 million settlement. (Feb-25-07)
- Poquoson, VA $1.1 million settlement for wrongful termination and defamation. (Feb-23-07)
- Curtiss-Wright Corp. $9 million gender discrimination settlement. (Feb-21-07)
- Mamaroneck, NY $1.5 million to settle the civil rights and wrongful termination lawsuit. (Feb-21-07)
- AK Steel Corp. Racial harassment lawsuit settled at $550,000, eight employees receive compensation. (Feb-20-07)
- Douglas County, NB Former captain receive $50,000 settlement for unfair discipline and retaliation. (Feb-16-07)
- Vatterott Educational Centers Inc. $191,246 payment for unpaid overtime wages. (Feb-14-07)
- Canon Employee awarded $275,000 as intellectual property compensation. (Feb-12-07)
- Cleveland, OH White police officer awarded $800,000 in discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
- Troy, OH Clerk receives settlement in false claims lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
- Target Corp. $775,000 settlement in racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. (Feb-9-07)
- Five Star Janitorial Supply Consent degree includes settlement of lost wages for employee discrimination. (Feb-8-07)
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $33 million compensated for overtime violations and non-compliance with federal wage laws. (Feb-8-07)
- Collingswood High School Teacher receives $270,000 in discrimination lawsuit. (Feb-2-07)
- Virginia State University Former faculty member sues for retaliation and discrimination to claim $600,000. (Jan-31-07)
- Walsall Council £130,000 disability discrimination settlement. (Jan-29-07)
- Allstate Insurance Co. Racial discrimination suit settled at $115,000 for open display of favoritism. (Jan-29-07)
- Los Angeles County, CA $10 million settlement for discriminating against unionized physicians. (Jan-28-07)
- Quietflex Manufacturing Co. $2.8 million discrimination settlement awarded to Hispanic employees. (Jan-26-07)
- Gargiulo Inc. $215,000 settlement with female farm workers for sexual harassment. (Jan-26-07)
- Department of Correction Sexual harassment settled for $68,000. (Jan-25-07)
- Lexus of Serramonte Sexual harassment suit sees $375,000 settlement. (Jan-25-07)
- WesTech Solutions Corp. $14,883 settlement after fraudulent 401(k) transactions. (Jan-24-07)
- University of California $725,000 wrongful termination and retaliation settlement. (Jan-22-07)
- Baxter Healthcare Corp. Employee gender discrimination settlement. (Jan-17-07)
- Mothers Work Inc. $375,000 employee pregnancy discrimination settlement. (Jan-16-07)
- Xcel Energy Inc. $30,000 workplace gender discrimination settlement. (Jan-12-07)