this is a big issue in the south for companies. It's unfortunate as most hate

Sep 22, 2022
2:19:17pm

ordinary tri guy Truly Addicted User

the people that take advantage of it because it hurts the great people that are willing to do the right thing in the long run.

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Right now some awful person is extorting us through a made up EEOC claim

Acorn

9/22/22 2:12pm

We pay a flat fee to law firms to defend our EEOC charges

JOPE

9/22/22 2:16pm

I have only been through one before. She got $30K. Any everyone wonders why

Acorn

9/22/22 2:17pm

May not be admissible. Definitely discoverable. Malingering, dishonesty etc. certainly goes to a claimant's

BIG XII Coug

9/22/22 2:22pm

Settlement. Insurance deductible is $25K, so they aren't being that magnanimous.

Acorn

9/22/22 2:25pm

The alternative would be to go ahead and fight it. If a case has no merits, fight it and win at sum. judgment

BIG XII Coug

9/22/22 2:36pm

Problem is that these cases are generally filed in federal court. Federal Courts don't generally award fees that often.

vegasnative

9/22/22 2:51pm

Summary judgements are difficult to get in EEOC claims. They are hard to prove

Acorn

9/23/22 9:54am

Yea lots of options and affordable firms depending on the facts. Though it does stink when paying up makes the most

Baron

9/22/22 2:17pm

I had that with an ambulance chaser this year.

Mister P

9/22/22 2:17pm

The EEOC is a joke. I once sat through a site visit to one of my clients as this idiot from the EEOC who kept referring

vegasnative

9/22/22 2:17pm

this is a big issue in the south for companies. It's unfortunate as most hate

ordinary tri guy

9/22/22 2:19pm

Definitely annoying...

CougarBuddy

9/22/22 2:19pm

I had a client who had a female employee doing telephone sales. They were

BYUMizzou

9/22/22 2:24pm

Yep. Identical to both of my experiences - pretty much the same.

Acorn

9/22/22 2:27pm

I've had similar situations that paid a lot more. We had to pay a guy who would

flyzag

9/22/22 2:53pm

It happens a lot more than you think. But you don't here about it.

Baron

9/22/22 2:56pm

Just hurting them self and others when trying to find good jobs.

qwerew

9/22/22 3:28pm

Is it illegal to make it public what they did after the case is closed?

jcase16byu

9/23/22 9:51am

Typically any settlement requires a confidentiality clause on both sides

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