New York Paralegal Blog

Man entered Sports Authority, located at 2110 Route 347, just after 9 p.m. engaged an employee in conversation, quietly announced a robbery and showed the employee a gun in his waistband. The man instructed the employee to have the store manager assist them enter the office and put all the money contained in the store’s safe in a bag. The man then forced the employee and the manager to walk him out of the store through a rear door.

WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have jointly filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas to enforce a mediation settlement agreement that was entered into by the EEOC on behalf of an individual and the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso (Housing Authority). The settlement agreement resolved a charge that was filed against the Housing Authority under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in employment on the bases of sex, race, national origin and religion, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA). The charging party claimed that she had been discriminated against on the basis of her national origin and her age when she was not selected for a promotion. In exchange for the dismissal of the charge, the Housing Authority agreed to pay the charging party $2,000, make certain changes to its promotional interview panels, and allow an outsid...