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Article: LARGEST GARMENT MANUFACTURERS IN SAIPAN TO PAY $1.7 MILLION IN LANDMARK DISCRIMINATION SETTLEMENT WITH EEOC
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following press release:
SAIPAN, CNMI - L&T Group of Companies, Ltd., the largest employer and conglomerate of garment manufacturers in Saipan, has agreed to pay $1.7 million and to provide far reaching and significant injunctive relief to settle a series of lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that charged the company with retaliation and discrimination based on national origin, pregnancy and age, all in violation of federal law.
The three-year, court-enforced consent decree will resolve four EEOC discrimination lawsuits against the employers and their affiliates: Tan ...