BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Car salesman, Lithia lith·i·a n. See lithium oxide. [New Latin, from lithion, from Greek, diminutive of lithos, stone.] dealership settle discrimination lawsuit A car salesman who claimed he was verbally and physically harassed on the job because of his Iranian origin and Islamic beliefs has settled his lawsuit against the dealership. Hussain Adel, his former supervisor, Mark Harris, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit in September 2004 in U.S. District Court in Eugene. The EEOC EEOC abbr. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC n abbr (US) (= Equal Employment Opportunities Commission) → comisión que investiga discriminación racial o sexual en el empleo said on Thursday the settlement with Lithia Subaru of Oregon City There are two places named Oregon City in the United States:
The EEOC said the harassment Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Nevada I recently moved to nev.from abut have been going back to ca. every 2 to 3 weeks for med. started after Lithia Motors bought the dealership from Thomason Subaru in early 2002. The suit said that the new management team called Adel a ``terrorist'' and a ``camel jockey,'' and asserted that he attended al-Qaeda training camps. The EEOC said Harris was fired because he complained about the behavior, which included managers mimicking the speech of a Chinese employee. ``We've always attempted to avoid and control such events,'' Lithia Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sid DeBoer told The (Medford) Mail-Tribune newspaper. ``Things like that get out of hand and are very expensive for us. But it's not earthshaking earth·shak·ing adj. Of great consequence or importance. earth  shak , and it is all in the course of doing business. Obviously,
we never condone condone v. 1) to forgive, support, and/or overlook moral or legal failures of another without protest, with the result that it appears that such breaches of moral or legal duties are acceptable. anything that's racially discriminatory, but
it's always difficult to manage.''
Lithia Motors employs nearly 5,700 people and operates 94 stores throughout the West. |
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