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The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that Baltimore County government harassed workers over medical conditions and forced some from jobs, according to documents and interviews.

Suit claims applicant was asked about hijab, never contacted later

A lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Baltimore accuses McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant in Oxon Hill of firing a disabled prep cook in violation of federal law.

Even though nearly 14 million unemployed Americans are searching for work, some employers limit their hiring to preferred candidates: people who already have jobs.

Cavalier Telephone has settled an age-discrimination lawsuit about its Mid-Atlantic hiring practices for $1 million, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday.

EEOC charges Hopkins home care group with discriminating woman with breast cancer

Verizon Communications has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit charging the telecommunications giant with failing to accommodate hundreds of workers whose absences were caused by their disabilities.

A burgeoning group of older, jobless Marylanders have found everything they worked for over the decades snatched away by the sharp recession and slow recovery, leaving them in a precarious state.