March 06, 2015
Grocery and drug store operator Jewel-Osco forked over $400,000 to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pursuant to a contempt order handed down by an Illinois federal court last year in an Americans with Disabilities Act suit, the EEOC said Thursday.
December 04, 2014
An Illinois federal judge has held supermarket chain Jewel-Osco in contempt of court for violating a consent decree it had entered into with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ordering the company to pay $82,000 to three disabled employees it had failed to accommodate.
September 19, 2014
Supermarket chain Jewel-Osco urged an Illinois federal judge to reject a magistrate judge's recent report recommending it be held in contempt for violating a consent decree by failing to accommodate disabled workers, saying the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fell short of proving the report used the correct legal standard.
September 05, 2014
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday lent support to a magistrate judge's recent report stating supermarket chain Jewel-Osco had violated a consent decree by failing to accommodate disabled workers, arguing over the chain's objections that the finding was supported by clear evidence.
August 13, 2014
Supermarket chain Jewel-Osco on Tuesday slammed a magistrate judge's July report finding the company didn't accommodate multiple disabled employees in violation of a settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, telling an Illinois federal judge the report contains significant factual errors.
July 17, 2014
An Illinois federal magistrate judge has found that supermarket chain Jewel-Osco failed to accommodate multiple disabled employees, putting the company in violation of a prior settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to resolve discrimination claims, the EEOC said Wednesday.