Griffin settles. (Law).The Beverly Hilton hotel agreed to pay 15 former job applicants a total of $220,000 as part of an age discrimination settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. As part of the settlement, the hotel agreed to provide more extensive human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. training for its managers. The Beverly Hilton's parent company, Beverly Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Merv Griffin's The Griffin Group, was sued in 2001 for allegedly discriminating dis·crim·i·nat·ing adj. 1. a. Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions; perceptive. b. Showing careful judgment or fine taste: against a 54-year-old former Playboy bunny A Playboy Bunny was a waitress at the Playboy Clubs (open 1960–1988). They wore a costume called a bunny suit inspired by the tuxedo-wearing Playboy rabbit mascot, consisting of a corset, bunny ears, a collar, cuffs, and a fluffy cottontail. who had applied in March 1999 to work at the hotel's Coconut Club. In the lawsuit, 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 claims the hotel discriminated against many other Coconut Club applicants who were more than 40 years old. The club has closed. Calls to the EEOC were not returned. Marcia Newberger, a spokeswoman for The Griffin Group, said The Beverly Hilton was satisfied with the settlement. Staff reporter Amanda Bronstad can be reached at (323) 549-5225 ext. 225, or at abronstad@labusinessjournal.com. |
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