Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Horizontal Well Drillers LLC

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Case Number:

5:17-cv-00879

Court:

Oklahoma Western

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Bernard Jones

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Government Agencies

  1. April 30, 2020

    Drilling Co. Settles EEOC Age, Disability Bias Suit

    A shuttered oil and gas drilling company will pay $650,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it refused to hire qualified applicants for drilling rig positions based on their age or past workers' compensation claims. 

  2. August 16, 2017

    EEOC Accuses Drilling Co. Of Age, Disability Bias

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused an Oklahoma-based oil and gas drilling company on Wednesday of refusing to hire qualified applicants for drilling rig positions who are over the age of 40 or who have filed workers' compensation claims.