Restaurant Terminated Pregnant Server, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Avalona Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Loafers Lounge in Catonsville, Md., violated federal law when it fired a server because she was seven months pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

Company’s Former Use of Pre-Hire Employment Assessments Discriminated Based on Race and Sex and Violated the ADA, Federal Agency Found MINNEAPOLIS – Target Corporation, which is headquartered in Minneapolis, has agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve a Commissioner’s charge […]

Revised Management Directive 110 Provides Needed Clarity to Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Process WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued an update of its Management Directive 110 (MD-110). The revised MD-110 is available on the EEOC’s […]

RENDERED: AUGUST 20, 2015 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2013-SC-000108-DG MARY BANKER AND BRYAN CASSIS APPELLANTS ON REVIEW FROM COURT OF APPEALS V. CASE NO. 201l-CA-001436-MR JEFFERSON CIRCU T COURT NO. 08-CI-008225 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE APPELLEE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, […]

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has granted Abercrombie & Fitch’s request to dismiss its appeal of EEOC’s successful religious discrimination suit against the company, the federal agency announced today. This represents the final resolution of EEOC v. Abercrombie & […]

Adult Entertainment Club Fired Manager Who Objected to Ban on Hiring African-Americans and Terminated African-American Bartender Due to Race TAMPA, Fla. – A Clearwater, Fla., adult entertainment club and its parent company violated federal law by firing an African-American employee […]

Home Healthcare Provider Failed to Provide a Reasonable Accommodation and then Terminated Employee, Federal Agency Charged BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mississippi HomeCare of Picayune, a major home healthcare provider in the Picayune, Mississippi region, will pay $100,000 and enter into a […]

Company Refused to Provide Reasonable Accommodations and Fired Employee with Fibromyalgia, Federal Agency Charged DENVER – Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. of Denver will pay $112,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by U.S. Equal […]

Female Machine Operator Was Abused at North Prairie, Wis., Factory, Federal Agency Charged MILWAUKEE – Hufcor, Inc., of Janesville, Wis., the world’s leading manufacturer of operable and accordion partitions, will pay $120,000 and furnish other relief under a consent decree […]

Company Asked Illegal Questions on Its Application and Failed to Hire an Employee Because of Her Disability, EEOC Charged RICHMOND, Va. – Bedford Weaving, Inc., a broad loom fabric weaving manufacturer, violated federal law when it asked an applicant for […]