Respondent signed a stipulation and order agreeing to institute an anti-discrimination policy for members of the public that includes protections based on gender identity; to update its employment policy to include all of the protected classes of the NYC Human Rights Law; to send one of its managers from the Bronx location to the Commissions Human Rights Law training; and to post and distribute the Commission's Notice of Rights and Transgender Rights poster at all of its locations within New York City. Small Landlord Settles Complaint Alleging Lawful Source of Income Discrimination For $30,000 in Damages, Training and PostingsComplainant is a New York State Department of Health voucher recipient and alleged that Respondentthe owner of a six-unit residential building in Queensdenied him and his partner an apartment because of his lawful source of income. Despite an incredibly challenging year, the EEOCs dedicated workforce advanced the agencys mission to fight employment discrimination on all fronts.. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Settles Fair Chance Act Violations For $60,000, Affirmative Relief and Targeted Outreach to Organizations Serving Jobseekers With Criminal HistoriesTesting by the Commission revealed that Avalon Bay Communities, Inc., one of the nations largest apartment owners, advertised open positions in New York City with unlawful language stating that AvalonBay conducts drug and background screening for all hires. The Commission filed a complaint and Respondent removed the language from their job advertisements. After the Commissions Law Enforcement Bureau investigation, the parties entered into a conciliation agreement requiring the employer to pay Complainant $50,000 in emotional distress damages, $23,841 in backpay damages, and $10,000 in civil penalties. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuitthat Eclipse Advantage, Inc., violated federal law by subjecting an African-American employee to racial discrimination and retaliation at its Aldi Food Service warehouse . Employers are free to discipline or terminate workers if motivated by non-retaliatory and non-discriminatory reasons that would otherwise result in such consequences. . The Commissions investigation confirmed that Respondent signed a lease, then rescinded that lease after learning about Complainants lawful source of income, in violation of the NYC Human Rights Law. Parks Foundation Pays $83,841 in Damages, Backpay, and Penalties to Resolve Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Claims and Agrees to Affirmative Relief A former employee of City Parks Foundation filed gender-based harassment and retaliation claims against her employer, alleging claims of sexual harassment and retaliation by . Several applicants had been denied a reasonable accommodation even after providing proof of their need for accommodation. U.S. $1,583,844 verdict and Judgment in June 2014 for a 24-year employee of the County of Los Angeles in an employment retaliation case. Shore Terrace Cooperative, Inc. Settles Failure to Allow an Emotional Support Animal Case, Revises Policies, and Waives FinesComplainant alleged that Shore Terrace Cooperative, Inc. (STC) had denied her request to keep her emotional support animal as a reasonable accommodation.
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