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NY Agency Slapped With EEOC Racial Discrimination Suit

Published on Fri Aug 04, 2023

A Brooklyn, New York home care agency is facing an EEOC lawsuit accusing it of racial discrimination. ACARE HHC Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency, “violated federal law by removing aides from their work assignments due to their race and national origin to accommodate client preferences,” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says in a [...]
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