Head Chef Harassed and Fired Female Cooks, Federal Agency ChargedNEW YORK – A restaurant group that includes Liberty Warehouse, a popular Brooklyn, N.Y. wedding venue, agreed to pay $125,000 and provide extensive non-monetary relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit […]

Managers Sexually Harassed Female Janitorial Staff, Federal Agency ChargedFRESNO, Calif. – ABM Industry Groups, LLC (ABM), a facility management services company, has settled federal charges of sexual harassment filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $310,000 and […]

Black Workers Were Subjected to Racial Epithets, Nooses, Intimidation With Firearms, Federal Agency ChargesPHILADELPHIA – Four companies, one in West Virginia and three in Pennsylvania, violated federal law by subjecting their Black employees to racially hostile work environments and other […]

Wisconsin’s Largest Ginseng Producer Subjected Female Workers to Hostile Work Environment and Then Fired Them for Resisting, Federal Agency ClaimsMILWAUKEE – A major agricultural company in central Wisconsin, Baumann Farms, violated civil rights law when it subjected female employees to […]

Buckeye Fast Food Restaurant Discriminated Against an Employee With Autism and ADHD, Federal Agency ChargesPHOENIX – RCC Partners, LLC, doing business as Subway 701 in Buckeye, Arizona, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee with autism and […]

Restaurant Fired and Refused to Rehire a Worker Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency ChargesNEW ORLEANS – Bourne’s House, LLC, doing business as Bourne’s House Restaurant, violated federal law when it fired and then later refused to rehire a worker […]

Debt Collector Fired Christian Employee After He Refused to Be Fingerprinted Due to His Religious Beliefs, Federal Agency ChargedMINNEAPOLIS — AscensionPoint Recovery Services, LLC (APRS), a Minnesota-based estate and probate debt recovery company, will pay $65,000 to resolve a religious […]

Company Unlawfully Denied an Employee Reasonable Accommodation and Fired Her Based on the Company’s ‘No-Fault’ Attendance PolicyNORTH SALT LAKE, Utah — A North Salt Lake-based manufacturing company will pay $27,500 to resolve a disability discrimination charge filed with the U.S. […]

Court Agrees With EEOC That Trucking Company’s Use of Strength Test Developed by Cost Reduction Technologies Disadvantages Women, Violates Federal LawMINNEAPOLIS – A federal judge has ruled as a matter of law that Stan Koch & Sons Trucking violated federal […]

Company’s Owner Subjected a Female Employee to Sexist Comments, Then Fired Her for Opposing It, Federal Agency ChargedSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Great Rentals and Events, LLC, doing business as Great Events, a San Antonio special events company which provides services […]