Document 0688
 DOCN  M95A0688
 TI    Texas hair salon settles suit while another faces EEOC action. Equal
       Employment Opportunity Commission. 
 DT    9510
 SO    AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Mar 24;10(5):2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AIDS/95700233
 AB    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit
       against the nationally based Regis Corporation after hair stylist John
       Doe was fired shortly after his employer discovered he was HIV-positive.
       According to EEOC officials, Regis claimed that John Doe was fired for
       failing to attend a mandatory training class, but the EEOC said the real
       motivation was the fact that Doe was regarded as disabled. The suit
       asked the U.S. District Court to enjoin Regis from discharging employees
       based on their HIV status, reinstate Doe, and order the salon to pay Doe
       back wages, other compensatory damages, and punitive damages. The
       lawsuit comes just two months after P.M.K. Corporation, which does
       business as Cost Cutters of Austin, agreed to pay $13,200 to stylist Pat
       Doe, who was fired after her employer discovered she was HIV-positive.
       The company claimed Pat Doe was terminated because of a layoff, but the
       EEOC concluded the real reason was her HIV status. Both actions were
       filed by the EEOC under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). An
       EEOC representative said that the fact that both actions involved hair
       salons was coincidental.
 DE    Disabled  Employment/*LEGISLATION & JURISPRUD  Hair Preparations
       Prejudice  Texas  NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

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