Pregnant Employees and Those With Disabilities Were Denied Reasonable Accommodations And Discharged, Federal Agency Found CHICAGO / PHILADELPHIA – The Cato Corporation, a leading retailer of women’s fashion and accessories, has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve a nationwide, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Battery Manufacturer Rescinded its Job Offer Based on Unfounded Fears of Safety, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Exide Technologies, a global corporation headquartered in Milton, Ga., that manufactures, distributes and sells stored energy components, violated federal law when it rescinded […]

Agency Obtains $340,000for Caregivers Harassed Daily by 80-Year-Old Client SAN FRANCISCO – Senior care provider R. MacArthur Corp. (RMC) will pay $340,000 in damages for five former employees and its successor, San Oak Caring Hands LLC, will implement measures to […]

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 […]

28 Event Space Intimidated, Fired Worker Who Supported Coworker’s Race Discrimination Claim, Federal Agency Charges ST. LOUIS – 28 Event Space, LLC, a popular Kansas City, Mo., wedding event space in the Crossroads district, violated federal law by retaliating against […]