Retailer Based Continued Employment on an Unlawful Qualification Standard, Federal Agency ChargesLITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Walmart, Inc. and Walmart Stores Arkansas, LLC, a multi­national retailer, violated federal law when it subjected a nationwide class of employees with disabilities to unlawful […]

Company Refused to Hire Women as Delivery Drivers, Delivery Assistants, and Warehouse Associates, Federal Agency ChargesPINELLAS PARK, Fla. – Kanes Furniture, LLC, doing business as Kane’s Furniture, which operates 17 furniture stores throughout Florida, violated federal law when it refused […]

Female Truck Driver Suffered Long-Term Harassment, but Management Ignored Her Complaints, Federal Agency AllegesRALEIGH, N.C. – Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., a highway construction company incorporated in Delaware and doing business in Craven County, North Carolina, violated federal law when it […]

Restaurant Group Settles Federal Charges It Subjected African American Workers to Racially Hostile Work Environment, Refused to Rehire Them Because of Their Race and in Retaliation for ComplaintsNEW ORLEANS – Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies (“Hooters”) have agreed […]

Owner Regularly Harassed Female Employees, Federal Agency ChargedDETROIT, MI – Eden Foods, Inc., will pay more than $182,500 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to obtain relief for former employees at […]

ebraska Trucking Companies Refused to Hire or Reasonably Accommodate Qualified Deaf DriverST. LOUIS – An eight-person jury in Omaha, Nebraska returned a verdict of $36,075,000 in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on disability discrimination claims against […]

Owner Regularly Harassed Female Employees, Federal Agency ChargedDETROIT, MI – Eden Foods, Inc., will pay more than $182,500 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to obtain relief for former employees at […]

Supermarket Conciliates Federal Charge It Denied Reasonable Accommodation and Fired Newly-Hired Employee Due to a DisabilityNEWPORT, Ore. –JC Market, Inc., doing business as JC Market Thriftway, a Lincoln County, Oregon grocery chain, has agreed to provide $50,000 in compensatory damages, […]

Settles Federal Charges Skilled Nursing Facility Operators Violated Title VII of the Civil Rights ActDENVER – SSC Montrose San Juan Operating Co., LLC and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services, LLC (collectively, “SAVA”) have agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other relief to […]

Upscale Las Vegas Restaurant Allowed Managers to Sexually Harass Employees, Federal Agency ChargesLAS VEGAS – KVP, LP, doing business as Bouchon Restaurant, and KRM, Inc, doing business as Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, together operate a restaurant chain including restaurants such […]