Workers Fired for Lacking English Skills They Did Not Need, Federal Agency Charges GREEN BAY, Wis. – Wisconsin Plastics, Inc. (WPI), a metal and plastic products manufacturer based in Green Bay, violated federal law by firing a group of Hmong […]

Trucking Company Fired Female Driver Because She Complained About Pay Discrimination, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Winebrenner Transfer, Inc., a Hagerstown, Md.-based commercial trucking company, will pay $42,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a lawsuit for retaliation filed […]

Detroit Nonprofit Whose Mission Is to Help Disabled People Refused to Accommodate and Fired Deaf Employee, Federal Agency Charges DETROIT – A Detroit nonprofit formed to assist people with disabilities violated federal law by discriminating against a deaf employee, the […]

Restaurant Refused to Hire Pregnant Applicant, Federal Agency Charged CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Concord, N.C. Chick-fil-A franchise restaurant has agreed to pay $10,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Federal Agency Obtains Nearly Half Million for Abused Oak Grove Female Employees PORTLAND, Ore. – National grocery chain Fred Meyer will pay $487,500 to seven workers employed at its Oak Grove, Ore., store and provide other relief to settle a […]

Additional Relief in the Form of Job Offers and Other Benefits Will Be Offered to Vulnerable Thai Laborers, Says Federal Agency LOS ANGELES – Three years after filing suit against farm labor contractor Global Horizons and six farms in Hawaii, […]

Manitowoc Company Fired Employee Because He Needs a Wheelchair, Federal Agency Charges MILWAUKEE – Manitowoc, Wis.-based Orion Energy Systems, Inc. violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, a mobility impairment, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) […]

Employee With MS Denied Accommodation and Fired, Federal Agency Charged CLEVELAND – Lifecare Medical Services, Inc., an Ohio medical transportation services company, will pay $72,500 and provide other relief in order to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the […]

Restaurant Owner Subjected Female Employees, Including at Least One Teen, to Severe Abuse and Fired a Manager Who Opposed the Misconduct, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – SPOA, LLC and Marathos, LLC, which run the Italian restaurants Basta Pasta in Fallston […]

WASHINGTON – Robert D. Rose, a veteran attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has been appointed regional attorney of the agency’s New York District, which includes offices in New York, Boston, Buffalo and Newark, the agency announced […]