March 04, 2016
Consol Energy has asked the Fourth Circuit to review a $600,000 West Virginia federal jury verdict in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission religious bias suit stemming from an employee's departure over hand scanners he thought were the work of the devil.
February 10, 2016
A West Virginia federal judge upheld a jury's verdict in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit against Consol Energy Inc. on Wednesday, ruling evidence showed that one of the company's miners was forced to quit after the company refused to change technology he thought was the work of the devil.
October 15, 2015
Religious beliefs don't have to be seen as rational to be legally protected, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday in fighting Consol Energy Inc.'s challenge to its trial victory in a bias suit stemming from a Christian mine worker's objection to a hand scanning system.
September 15, 2015
Consol Energy Inc. has asked a West Virginia federal court to pause consideration of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's costs bid in the agency's successful religious bias suit over the company's use of biometric hand scanners, saying it intends to challenge the verdict.
August 21, 2015
A West Virginia federal judge Friday granted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid for a permanent injunction on Consol Energy Inc.'s use of biometric hand scanners on its employees, awarding a plaintiff who claimed religious discrimination front and back pay.
June 04, 2015
Consol Energy Inc. on Thursday urged a West Virginia federal court to reject the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid for a permanent ban on Consol's use of biometric hand scanning systems on its workers, saying a one-off religious discrimination claim doesn't amount to routine violations.
March 05, 2015
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday urged a West Virginia federal judge to grant an injunction barring Consol Energy Inc. from forcing its employees to use biometric hand scanning systems, arguing that there is a risk the mining company will continue to violate anti-discrimination laws.
January 16, 2015
A West Virginia federal jury found Thursday that Consolidation Coal and its parent company Consol Energy Inc. violated anti-discrimination law by failing to accommodate a mine laborer's religious objection to using a biometric hand-scanning system that tracked employee time.
January 09, 2015
A West Virginia federal judge has denied summary judgment to both the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Consolidation Coal Co. in an employment dispute over a religious accommodation, saying the case involved several key issues a jury should decide.
December 04, 2014
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday reiterated its stance in West Virginia federal court that Consolidation Coal Co. violated anti-discrimination laws by failing to accommodate a worker's religious objections to a biometric hand-scanning system that tracked employee time.