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Article: Justice Department Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit With City of Ville Platte, Louisiana

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May 2, 2007
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WASHINGTON, May 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with the City of Ville Platte, La., to resolve allegations that the city engaged in discriminatory hiring practices on the basis of sex by refusing full-time employment to a pregnant dispatcher in the city's police department.

In addition to reaching the settlement agreement, the Justice Department also filed a complaint, specifically alleging that Ville Platte violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating in employment on the basis of sex when it failed or ...

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