Local Wings Chain Engaged in Long-Standing Discrimination Against Older Workers, Federal Agency Says HOUSTON – Bayou City Wings, a Houston-based restaurant chain, has unlawfully engaged in a pattern or practice of intentional age discrimination in its hiring of host and […]

Company Refused to Hire Woman as Temp Worker Because Her Religion Forbade Her to Wear Trousers, Federal Agency Charges COLUMBIA, S.C. – Akebono Brake Corporation, a Michigan-based company that designs and manufactures automotive brake components, violated federal law when it […]

Supervisor Threatened Black Workers With Gun and Noose, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – A Hugo, Minn., construction company violated federal civil rights law by subjecting African-American employees to a hostile work environment based on their race, the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Job Applicant Seeking a Surgical Technologist Position Was Perceived as Disabled and Denied Employment, Federal Agency Charged SAN DIEGO – Sharp Healthcare, one of the largest private employers in San Diego County will pay $90,000 and furnish remedial relief to […]

Home Care Provider Unlawfully Asked Its Employees and Applicants for Genetic Information, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – BNV Home Care Agency, Inc., a provider of companionship and home care services for seniors throughout New York City, will pay $125,000, […]

Manufacturing Services Co., Screened Out Applicants After Medical Examinations Without Any Individualized Assessment, Federal Agency Charged NEW ALBANY, IND. – A Southern Indiana manufacturing services company refused to hire or provide reasonable accommodations to a class of job applicants because […]

Employee Benefits No Longer Exclude Coverage for Same-Sex Spouses MORGANTOWN, W.V. — Mon General Hospital has agreed to conciliate a charge of sex discrimination filed by its employee, Kathy McIntire, alleging that she was denied spousal medical benefits for the […]

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree with the city of Florence, Kentucky, to resolve a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the department under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title […]

CHICAGO – Schenker Inc., a global leader in the field of contract logistics services, has agreed to pay $750,000 to conciliate several charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pursuant to Title VII of the […]

Public Commission Meeting Hears from Experts on Growing Use of Algorithms to Make Employment Decisions WASHINGTON – Big Data-the use of algorithms, “data scraping” of the internet, and other means of evaluating tens of thousands of pieces of information about […]