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Parties reach agreement over pregnancy discrimination allegations
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 8th, 2004
The university entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. The decree must be approved by a federal judge.
The agreement calls for the university to pay $135,382 to three women who complained, revise its policies on discrimination based on sex and pregnancy, and give anti-discrimination training to managers and supervisors.
Sam Giammo, director of public affairs for the Health Sciences Center, said the center cooperated with the Justice Department...
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