Cleburne Store Demoted Department Manager After Denying Him a Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, a nationwide chain of home improvement and hardware stores, will pay $55,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability […]

Janitorial Company Paid Female Employee Lower Wages Than Male Counterpart and Retaliated Against Her, EEOC Charged WASHINGTON – Vador Ventures Inc., doing business as Total Quality Building Services, a commercial janitorial services company in the Washington D.C. metro area, will […]

Detroit Casino Refused to Grant Extended Leave and Fired Employee with Stress-Anxiety Disorder, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – A Detroit casino operator will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by U.S. Equal Employment […]

Muslim Security Guard Was Denied Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges SAN DIEGO – Universal Protection Services, LP, dba Allied Universal Security Services, a nationwide private security services company, will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit […]

Wauseon Company Fired Employee After Learning of His Anxiety Disorder, Federal Agency Charges TOLEDO, Ohio – A Wauseon, Ohio, knife manufacturer violated federal law by discharging an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged […]

Car Manufacturer Refused to Hire Laborer Because He Was a Recovering Drug Addict in Medically Supervised Treatment Program, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Volvo Group North America, LLC, will pay $70,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal […]

Mississippi Health Care Company Illegally Fired Employee After She Underwent Liver Transplant Surgery, Federal Agency Charged JACKSON, Miss. — Pioneer Health Services, Inc., a Mississippi corporation that provides inpatient and outpatient health care services, has agreed to pay $85,000 to […]

Employee Fired for Advising Other Employees to File Hostile Work Environment Complaints, Federal Agency Says HONOLULU, Hawaii – Aloha Auto Group, Ltd. will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for retaliatory discrimination filed by the U.S. […]

Class of Female Staffers Abused at Private Correctional Facilities, Federal and State Agencies Charged PHOENIX – The GEO Group, Inc., operator of the Central Arizona Correctional Facility (CACF) and Arizona State Prison-Florence West Facility (Florence West) in Florence, Ariz., will […]

Female Employees Subjected to Egregious Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged INDIANAPOLIS — Louisville, Ky.-based restaurant chain Indi’s Fast Food Restaurant, Inc. (Indi’s) will pay $340,000 to 15 former female employees, some of whom were teenagers while employed by Indi’s, and […]