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$37,500 Settlement in Discrimination Suit Against Corizon Health

Loaded on Oct. 3, 2020

Filed under: Corizon, Racial Discrimination, Work Conditions/Safety. Location: Florida.

Corizon Health agreed to pay $37,500 to a former employee who alleged she was discriminated against based on race and was subjected to a hostile work environment.

Laurie Astern was hired by Corizon on August 11, 2014, to work as a physician assistant at the Union Correctional Institution medical clinic ...

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