WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division today signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to prevent and address workplace harassment in state and local government. The EEOC and the […]

Staffing Agency Rejected Warehouse Worker For Being Deaf, Federal Agency Charges TACOMA, Wash. – A Western Washington staffing and recruiting company violated federal law when it refused to consider a qualified job applicant because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal […]

Federal Judge Finds Company’s Arguments for Lifting Injunction Unavailing ST. LOUIS – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled on November 1, 2018, that UPS Freight’s attempt to vacate its July 2018 order […]

Employee Fired because of her Disability, Federal Agency Charged RALEIGH, N.C. – Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., doing business as Whole Foods Market, headquartered in Austin, Texas, will pay $65,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit […]

Female Employee Not Permitted to Wear Skirt Instead of Pants, Federal Agency Charges BIRMINGHAM, Ala.– GB Flowood Operations, LLC, which operates a Flowood, Miss., restaurant under the name “Georgia Blue,” will pay a former employee $25,000 and furnish other relief […]

Black Employee Had to Quit Due to Racial Slurs and Harassment, Federal Agency Charges STATESVILLE, N.C. – Joe’s Old Fashioned Bar-B-Que, Inc., doing business as Lancaster’s BBQ & Wings, a North Carolina corporation, violated federal law when it subjected a […]

Oil and Gas Company Subjected Employee to Racial Harassment, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – A Texas-based oil and gas company operating in Tioga, N.D., will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the […]

Hotel Fired Employee With Asthma, Federal Agency Says SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against Merritt Hospitality, LLC and HEI Hotels and Resorts, LLC, which have agreed […]

Health Care Network Failed to Accommodate and Fired Employees Because of Their Disabilities and/or Pregnancies, Federal Agency Charged FRESNO, Calif. – Family HealthCare Network will pay $1.75 million and furnish other relief to settle a systemic disability and pregnancy discrimination […]

Farmworker Sexually Assaulted and Retaliated Against for Reporting the Misconduct, Federal Agency Charged TAMPA, Fla. – A federal jury rendered a verdict on Dec. 19, 2018 awarding $850,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a female farmworker at Favorite Farms […]