JAY — The Maine Human Rights Commission voted Monday to accept a state investigator’s recommendation that it facilitate an agreement between LaFleur’s Restaurant and a former employee. Investigator Michele Dion’s report found there were reasonable grounds to believe LaFleur’s discriminated against Maryellen Remington of Livermore Falls because of her sex after she revealed her pregnancy […]
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Commission rules former Paris restaurant discriminated against pregnant employee
AUGUSTA — The state panel on worker’s rights found reasonable grounds that a pregnant waitress at Shaner’s Family Restaurant was discriminated against when she was removed from the work schedule over a year ago. The Maine Human Rights Commission voted Monday that it had cause to believe Shaner’s Restaurant violated the rights of Paris resident […]
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State rights investigator finds reasonable grounds against Jay restaurant
JAY — An investigator for the Maine Human Rights Commission has found there are reasonable grounds to believe that LaFleur’s Restaurant discriminated against a former employee on the basis of her sex after she revealed her pregnancy and was fired. LaFleur’s has denied there was any discrimination. It asserts that it terminated the woman’s employment […]
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Maine rights panel denies LePage plea to reopen Moody’s Diner case
AUGUSTA — The Maine Human Rights Commission on Monday denied a request from Gov. Paul LePage to reconsider its ruling that Moody’s Diner, a destination restaurant in Waldoboro, discriminated against a former employee for religious reasons. The commission ruled in November 2014 that “reasonable grounds” exist to believe discrimination by Dan Beck, a co-owner of […]
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Maine human rights panel rules against woman in discrimination case about service Chihuahua
WINTHROP (AP) — The Maine Human Rights Commission said there are no grounds to believe a Farmingdale woman suffered housing discrimination when an apartment complex made her feel uncomfortable about her use of a service dog, a 3.6-pound Chihuahua. Fifty-one-year-old Laurie Randall accused S.J. Wood Construction, Scene Valley and Laurie Haefele, all of Winthrop, in […]
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Panel upholds investigator’s no discrimination in Franklin County firing of Jay corrections officer
AUGUSTA — The Maine Human Rights Commission voted 3-1 Monday to uphold an investigator’s “no cause finding” that there was no disability discrimination involved when Franklin County commissioners fired a corrections officer in 2012, commission case holder Cindy S. Rocque said. Human Rights commissioners Deborah Whitworth, John Norman and Sallie Chandler voted in favor, while […]
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Investigator finds no disability discrimination in Franklin County corrections officer’s firing
FARMINGTON — A staff investigator for a state human rights panel found that there was no disability discrimination involved when Franklin County commissioners fired a corrections officer from Jay in 2012. Investigator Angela Tizon’s report signed by Maine Human Rights Commission Executive Director Amy Sneirson recommends the commission issue findings that “there are no reasonable […]
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Cities host landlord forum to discuss disabilities
AUBURN — Twin Cities landlords are invited to a forum about their duties and rights concerning renting to tenants with disabilities. “Landlords may not completely understand their responsibilities regarding this issue — and neither do tenants,” Auburn Community Development Coordinator Yvette Bouttenot said. The forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. May 14 in the Auburn […]