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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v JBS USA

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Case Number:

8:10-cv-00318

Court:

Nebraska

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Laurie Smith Camp

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  1. September 22, 2016

    Nebraska Meatpacker Gets Win In EEOC Anti-Muslim Bias Suit

    A Nebraska federal judge has entered final judgment in favor of meatpacking company JBS USA LLC for claims brought by a federal agency and a specific set of plaintiffs who alleged that they were fired because of their Muslim faith and their Somali national origin.

  2. February 22, 2016

    EEOC Says A Jury Needs To Hear Anti-Muslim Bias Case

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a judge Monday not to award a Nebraska meatpacker judgment against four former employees who are part of a broader discrimination suit, telling the judge there are questions better left for a jury to decide.

  3. December 23, 2015

    Meatpacker Seeks Partial Win In EEOC Religious-Bias Suit

    Meatpacker JBS should prevail against four former employees who are part of a broader Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit that alleges religious and national origin discrimination, as it actually fired them because they stopped working, the company told Nebraska federal court on Wednesday.

  4. September 23, 2015

    Meatpacker Seeks To Trim EEOC's Religious-Bias Claims

    A meatpacking company urged a Nebraska federal judge Tuesday to toss some claims in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's fourth amended complaint alleging the company discriminated against Muslim workers, saying the agency is repeating claims that were dismissed two months ago.

  5. August 18, 2015

    EEOC Clears Up 'Confusing' Bias Suit Against Meatpacker

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday filed its third amended complaint alleging that a meatpacking company in Nebraska discriminated against Muslim workers because of their background, responding to the federal judge's complaint that its previous filings had been "confusing."

  6. July 27, 2015

    EEOC, Muslim Intervenors Ordered To Clean Up Bias Suit

    A Nebraska federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and intervening plaintiffs suing a meatpacking company for bias against Muslim workers to fix their "potentially confusing" and unclear complaints for the second phase of what's left of the suit.

  7. March 23, 2015

    Muslim Worker Group Drops Claims In EEOC's Bias Suit

    One of two sets of intervening plaintiffs in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission bias suit against meatpacking company JBS USA LLC agreed Friday to drop their remaining charges on behalf of Somali Muslim workers, saying they dismissed the claims with prejudice.

  8. February 24, 2015

    JBS Angles For Knockout In EEOC, Muslim Workers' Suit

    Meatpacking company JBS USA LLC urged a Nebraska federal court on Monday to toss what's left of a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission bias suit brought on behalf of Somali Muslim workers, arguing that the plaintiffs' claims were short on specific facts.

  9. January 29, 2015

    Muslim Prayer Break Claims Cut From EEOC Suit Against JBS

    A Nebraska federal judge on Wednesday granted JBS USA's motion to dismiss some claims in the second phase of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit that accuses the meatpacking company of failing to accommodate Muslim workers' requests for prayer breaks, affirming that the requests placed an undue hardship on the company.

  10. October 27, 2014

    JBS Urges Court To Trim Claims From Religious Bias Suit

    Meat packing company JBS USA LLC told a Nebraska federal court on Friday that prior court rulings should bar discrimination and retaliation claims in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit alleging the company failed to accommodate Muslim workers' requests for prayer breaks.

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