U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
$17M Sexual Harassment Verdict Against Produce Grower
By Associated Press • Sep 11, 2015
A southwest Florida produce growing and packing operation has been ordered to pay more than $17 million to five former female employees in a sexual harassment suit.
Clinic to Pay $150K In Transgender Lawsuit
By Associated Press • Apr 14, 2015
A central Florida eye clinic has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of a transgender employee who was terminated.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit which alleges the Lakeland Eye Clinic fired the employee after she started dressing as a woman and told her bosses she was transitioning from male to female. The commission says the termination violates the Civil Rights Act.