U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commision v. The Timken Company et al.

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Case Number:

1:24-cv-08983

Court:

Illinois Northern

Nature of Suit:

445 Civil Rights: Americans with Disabilities - Employment

Judge:

Honorable John Robert Blakey

Firms

Ogletree Deakins

Companies

Timken Co.

Sectors & Industries:

Industrial Goods
- Machine Tools & Accessories

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Co. Settles Hard-Of-Hearing Job Applicant's EEOC Suit

A manufacturing company will pay $55,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it pulled a manufacturing engineer's job offer after learning he had hearing loss.
September 27, 2024
EEOC Hits 2 Employers With Hearing Loss Bias Suits

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed two discrimination suits Thursday accusing employers of illegally rejecting job applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing, the latest in a yearslong series of agency enforcement actions on behalf of people with auditory disabilities.