Arizona Nurse Sues Hospital after New Times Story on Medical Pot Ban
Valley ER nurse Timothy Costello is suing one of the biggest hospital systems in Maricopa County for its ban on employee medical marijuana use, just…
EEOC Sues Yale New Haven Hospital for Age and Disability Discrimination
Yale New Haven Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Yale School of Medicine, violated federal law by adopting and implementing a discriminatory “Late Career Practitioner…
Arkansas Health System Sued by EEOC for Age Discrimination
White River Health System, Inc., a provider of healthcare services throughout North Central Arkansas, violated federal law by removing a class of employees from their…
Violent assaults, insufficient care: Inside the chaos of SF General’s emergency room
The day Corinna Heyn-Jones was brutally attacked in San Francisco General Hospital’s emergency room, she said, the unit was functioning as it often does: understaffed…
NJ Nursing Home Harassment Suit, Which Included Claim of Sexually Suggestive Food, Settled for $55K
A nursing home employee who claimed in a harassment and retaliation lawsuit that a supervisor presented her with a plate of food that resembled male…
EEOC Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Enforcement and Litigation Data
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released detailed breakdowns for the 72,675 charges of workplace discrimination the agency received in fiscal year 2019. The…
Medical Practice Failed to Reasonably Accommodate an Employee with Breast Cancer, Federal Agency Says
National Spine & Pain Centers, LLC, a Rockville, Md.-based medical practice with over 60 offices in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, violated federal law when it…
Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital and EEOC Reach $195,000 Agreement to Conciliate EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (MGSH) announced the successful conciliation and settlement of a charge filed with the…
Hawaii Medical Service Association to Pay $180,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), the largest health insurance company in Hawaii, has agreed to pay $180,000 and provide injunctive relief to settle a disability…
Life Care Centers of America to Pay $170,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit
Geriatric care giant Life Care Centers of America, Inc. and its affiliate, South Hill Operations, LLC, doing business as “Life Care Center of South Hill,”…