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	<description>By Massachusetts Employment Lawyer Jack Merrill</description>
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		<title>UPS Hit Hard by MCAD Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has hit United Parcel Service with a second substantial judgment for discriminating against a Massachusetts employee. This time, the complaint was for handicap bias by UPS in Springfield, Massachusetts. After a trial at the MCAD, UPS was ordered to pay almost $750,000 in lost wages and another $125,000 in emotional distress. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPS Hit Hard in Discrimination Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United Parcel Service has been hit hard in a sexual harassment lawsuit. After years of refusing to address multiple allegations that its Shrewsbury, Massachusetts warehouse is run amok with abusive supervisors who lack even a fundamental understanding of discrimination laws, the company will now pay dearly. It was not only ordered to pay $50,000 in damages to Thomas Sobocinski &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Clarifies Punitive Damages Guidelines</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a ruling that may be useful to Massachusetts employers, the Supreme Judicial Court in October made clear that puntive damages can only be awarded to discrimination plaintiffs when their employer&#8217;s conduct is &#8220;outrageous or egregious.&#8221; Punitive damages are, after all, available only to punish bad actors, not to permit windfall awards to discrimination victims who [...]]]></description>
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