The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and three Southern California seed and fertilizer companies have settled for $187,500 and other relief allegations that a class of job applicants was subjected to unlawful requests for medical and genetic information, the EEOC announced Nov. 10 (EEOC v. All Star Seed, C.D. Cal., 2:13-cv-07196, consent decree filed 11/7/14).
The settlement resolves the agency’s allegations that All Star Seed Inc., La Valle Sabbia Inc. and Abatti Cos. violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act by subjecting charging party Raul Castellanos and other aggrieved individuals to pre-offer medical ...
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