Federal Investigation Found Transgender Construction Worker Faced Hostile Work Environment, Retaliation and Constructive DischargeOAKLAND, Calif. – Fremont-based contractor Superior Automatic Sprinkler Company has agreed to provide monetary and injunctive relief to a construction worker following an investigation by the U.S. […]

Settles Federal Charges Nationwide Furniture Retailer Failed to Accommodate an Employee’s Sincerely Held Religious Beliefs and Terminated HerMOBILE, Ala. – Hank’s Furniture, Inc. (HFI), a nationwide furniture retailer, will pay $110,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination […]

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 […]

SAN ANTONIO – Altman Specialty Plants, LLC, the largest horticultural grower in the United States, will pay $172,000 in monetary relief and furnish extensive injunctive relief to resolve a finding of sex discrimination and retaliation by the U.S. Equal Employment […]

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 […]