Top 25 Workplace Harassment, Bias Settlements
Insurance Journal Article below highlights need for employment practices liability insurance in our industry.
According to the web site, the top 25 largest workplace harassment/discrimination lawsuit settlements and judgments from the past 12 months are:
Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento, CA) will pay $168 million in a sexual harassment lawsuit judgment.
ArcelorMittal (Buffalo, NY) will pay $25 million in a race discrimination lawsuit judgment.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (Chicago, IL) will pay $18.3 million in an age discrimination lawsuit judgment.
YRC/Yellow Transportation (Chicago Ridge, IL) will pay $11 million to settle an EEOC race harassment and discrimination lawsuit.
Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company (Los Angeles, CA) will pay $8.5 million in a disability discrimination lawsuit judgment.
Cook County (Chicago, IL) will pay $7.6 million in a race discrimination lawsuit judgment.
Lennox Industries (Richardson, TX) will pay $6.2 million to settle an age discrimination lawsuit.
Aaron’s Inc. (Fairview Heights, IL) will pay $6 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Sears (Sacramento, CA) will pay $5.2 million in a race discrimination lawsuit judgment.
AT&T (Kansas City, MO) will pay $5 million in a religious discrimination lawsuit judgment.
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