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Federal Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday November 26, 2023 ( 2 items )  

Citizens Bank, N.A. to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2023: * * * Bank Will Offer Reassignment as a Reasonable Accommodation to Employees With Disabilities * * * Citizens Bank, N.A., will implement company-wide policy changes and pay $100,000 to a former employee of its Cranston, Rhode Island call center to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency a  more

USDA Partners With Rhode Island to Award Over $1.5 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2023: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service today announced it has a cooperative agreement with Rhode Island under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI). Through this agreement, USDA and Rhode Island are working together to offer over $1.5 million in competitive grant funding for projects designed to buil  more