21.   One change allows employees to file a complaint to officials other than their direct supervisor.

22.   Richards said the commission lost confidence in May after a former employee filed a grievance against her in December.

23.   Several hundred former Associated employees Monday filed for unemployment benefits.

24.   Some Enron employees have filed a lawsuit in this case.

25.   Such discrimination suits, filed by employees working in the London offices of foreign and local companies, are part of a growing British penchant to litigate.

26.   That is the date eight current and former employees filed their amended suit, claiming the company discriminated against African-Americans in pay, promotions and performance evaluations.

27.   The company had instituted its mandatory arbitration policy after several employees filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

28.   The employee filed the lawsuits under the federal False Claims Act on behalf of the U.S. and would be entitled to share any proceeds recovered, TRW said.

29.   The federal probe began last spring after a former National Medical employee filed a lawsuit involving the dialysis centers, Dorfman said.

30.   The former employees filed the age discrimination charges with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Boston.