Employer Refused to Hire Older Applicants For Special Agent Position, Federal Agency Charged NEW JERSEY – Norfolk Southern Corporation, a transportation company that operates a 19,500-mile freight railroad system in 22 states and the District of Columbia, has agreed to […]

Specialty Apparel Chain Fired Manager After Learning She Was Pregnant, Agency Charged NEW ORLEANS-Rainbow USA, Inc. (Rainbow), a specialty apparel chain doing business in the Chalmette, Louisiana area, agreed to pay $11,000 in back pay to settle a federal pregnancy […]

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

Sugar Land Company Charged With Subjecting Female Employee to Sexual Harassment and Retaliatory Termination After She Complained HOUSTON – Element Plastics Mfg., LLC, a plastics manufacturer based in Sugar Land, Texas, has settled a sex harassment lawsuit filed by the […]

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 […]