Eden Prairie Company Fired Employee Based on Disability, Federal Agency ChargedMINNEAPOLIS – Employer Solutions Group, LLC (ESG), a payroll services company operating in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $95,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the […]

Employer Declared Employee Was a ‘Liability’ Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency ChargesCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Awon Phie LLC, doing business as Holiday Inn Express North Padre Island, will pay $30,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination […]

African American Worker Fired for Wearing Her Hair Naturally, Federal Agency SaysNEW ORLEANS – American Screening, LLC, a drug and medical testing supplies distributor in Shreveport, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired a worker because of her hair, the […]

Agency Will Focus on Ways to Help Ensure That Tech Tools Used in Employment Decisions Comply with Federal Anti-Discrimination LawsWASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is launching an initiative to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) and other […]

Employer Fired Worker With Disability Instead of Allowing Her to Return to Work With an Oxygen Device, Federal Agency ChargedWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Strategic Equipment, LLC, doing business as TriMark Foodcraft, LLC, a Delaware corporation that specializes in commercial kitchen equipment […]

Furniture Retailer Did Not Hire Applicant Because He Is Transgender, Federal Agency FoundMINNEAPOLIS – Frizzell Furniture, a furniture retailer with locations in northern Minnesota, has agreed to pay $60,000 and has committed to providing training and revising its policies to […]

Supports Full Implementation of White House StrategyWASHINGTON – The White House today released the first-ever U.S. Government National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality as part of an Executive Order issued March 8, 2021. The strategy outlines a roadmap to […]

Restaurants Subjected Female Employees to Sexual Harassment and Fired Bartender When She Complained, Federal Agency ChargedWHEELING, W.V. – Route 22 Sports Bar, Inc. and Crazy Mexican Restaurant & Grill, LLC, two restaurants in Weirton, W.V., will pay $217,500 and provide […]

Chief of Staff Targeted Young Female Nurse, Federal Agency ChargedPORTLAND, Ore. — Portland-based veterinary services Hannah’s, Inc. and Hannah’s Pet Hospitals, Inc. will pay over $43,000 and make significant changes to its policies and internal complaint procedures to settle a […]

African American Worker Endured Co-Worker’s Repeated Use of Racial Slur, Federal Agency ChargesTACOMA, Wash. – Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (KFHPW) violated federal law when it tolerated repeated use of a racial slur over the objections of an African […]