Labor/Employment
Dec. 20, 2011
American Apparel settles EEOC charge
American Apparel Inc., a Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer, will pay $60,000 and modify its American with Disabilities Act compliance procedures to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
By Brian Sumers
Daily Journal Staff Writer
American Apparel Inc., a Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer, will pay $60,000 and modify its American with Disabilities Act compliance procedures to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The EEOC charged American Apparel fired a worker while he was on approved medical leave for cancer treatment. The worker will receive $40,000, with the rest of the money going to sponsor two AD...
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