Settles Federal Charges Retailer Harassed Older Managers and Fired Those Who Reported the HarassmentST. LOUIS – Dollar General Stores will pay $295,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) age discrimination, harassment, and retaliation […]

Federal Agency Charges Supermarket Chain Allowed Sexual Harassment to Continue for Years, Despite Multiple Complaints from Female EmployeesRICHLAND, Wash. – Fred Meyer Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of national supermarket chain Kroger, violated federal law when it allowed a male employee […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the selection of Melinda Caraballo as the new director of agency’s Phoenix district, with offices in Albuquerque, Denver, and Phoenix. Originally from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Caraballo has served as the […]

Settles Federal Agency Charges That Health Care System Fired a Black Employee Because of Her RaceDEARBORN, Mich. – Beaumont Health (now Corewell Health) will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. […]

Nonprofit Denied Accommodations to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Employees and Fired Employees Who Requested Medical Leave, Federal Agency ChargedWASHINGTON – Didlake, Inc., a government contractor that provides janitorial and maintenance employees to federal worksites throughout Virginia, Maryland and the District of […]

Company to Implement Enhanced ADA Training and Policies Following Federal ConciliationCOLUMBUS, Ohio – Pearl Interactive Network, Inc., a Columbus-based company, resolved a charge of disability discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency’s Cleveland Field […]

Settles Federal Charges Raspberry Farms Sexually Harassed and Retaliated Against Farmworker EmployeesCAMARILLO, Calif. – Tres Hijas Berry Farms, LLC, will pay $200,000 and furnish injunctive relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Federal Agency Charged Grocery Store Failed to Hire Applicant Because of ReligionINDIANAPOLIS – Houchens Food Group, a large owner and operator of retail grocery, convenience and hardware stores and quick service restaurants headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will pay $40,000 […]

Pennsylvania Facility Settles Federal Lawsuit Alleging It Subjected Female Employees to a Sexually Hostile Work EnvironmentPHILADELPHIA – AMZ Manufacturing Co. (AMZ), an electroplating, painting and assembly business based in York, Pennsylvania, will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to resolve […]

Settles Federal Charges Janitorial Contractor Did Not Provide Deaf Employees with Reasonable AccommodationsHONOLULU – Nonprofit organizations Opportunities and Resources, Inc. and ORI Anuenue Hale, Inc., recipients of federal contracts to provide janitorial services on military installations throughout Hawaii, will pay […]