PHOENIX -Riddle Painting & Coatings, Inc., an Arizona industrial and commercial painting company, settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (EEOC v. Riddle Painting and […]

Restaurant Owner and Manager Sexually Harassed Female Employees, Federal Agency Charged FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Swami Pancake, LLC, a franchise of the IHOP restaurant, agreed to pay $70,000 and provide equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by […]

Bank Failed to Accommodate Manager With Pregnancy-Related Disability, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, doing business as M&T Bank, will pay $100,000 and provide significant equitable relief to resolve a federal disability lawsuit filed by the […]

Company Fired Certified Rigger Due to Epilepsy, Federal Agency Charged SEATTLE – A Bellingham, Wash.-based company formerly doing business as Diamond B Constructors, Inc. and its successor, Harris Companies, will pay $100,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability […]

Company Fired Employees for Reporting and/or Verifying Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – Safie Specialty Foods Company, Inc., which pickles vegetables in Chesterfield Township, Mich., will pay $125,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the […]

Federal Agency Determined That Employee Was Discharged After Requesting Disability-Related Leave Through Third-Party Vendor BALTIMORE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (MGSH) announced today the successful conciliation and settlement of a charge filed […]

Employer Created Hostile Work Environment By Discriminating Against Customers Based on Their Perceived Ethnicity,Federal Agency Charges SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Leandro-based solar and home energy company Fidelity Home Energy, Inc., and its successor NorCal Home Systems, Inc., will pay […]

Wholesale Distributor Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Workers with Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – A wholesale distributor based in Jefferson Parish, La., has agreed to pay $140,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by […]

Female Employee Subjected to Sexual Comments by General Manager, Then Fired Because She Complained, Federal Agency Charged GREENSBORO, N.C. – BCD Restaurants, LLC, a Greensboro, N.C.-based Zaxby’s restaurant franchisee, will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual […]

Pilot Repeatedly Posted Sexually Explicit Photos of a Flight Attendant To Websites for Years, Federal Agency Charged SAN ANTONIO, Texas – United Airlines, Inc., a Chicago-headquartered international airline operating in over 300 airports across five continents, has agreed to pay […]