EEOC lawsuit backs agents, accusing allstate of retaliation. (Companies).A federal agency is throwing its weight into Allstate Corp.'s long-running dispute with some of its agents, in the form of a lawsuit accusing the insurer of violating federal law banning retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and . The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, alleging that Allstate's plan to convert its 15,200-member agent force from fulltime employees with benefits to independent contractors included improper "pre-emptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. " retaliatory re·tal·i·ate v. re·tal·i·at·ed, re·tal·i·at·ing, re·tal·i·ates v.intr. To return like for like, especially evil for evil. v.tr. To pay back (an injury) in kind. measures. Allstate is "very disappointed" in the EEOC's action and maintains that its strategy regarding the agents is fair and follows normal business practices, spokeswoman Emily Daly said. "We had hoped to work on a resolution to this issue without litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. ," said Daly. The EEOC's lawsuit focuses on a release that Allstate required its newly independent agents to sign, which bars them from suing the insurer. 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 determined in September that the release "was a form of pre-emptive retaliation" that violated discrimination law. The EEOC lawsuit parallels a law-Suit filed in August by 27 current or former agents, who are claiming the insurer unfairly terminated about 6,400 agents last year and violated federal employment practices regulations. |
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