Farmworker Sexually Assaulted and Retaliated Against for Reporting the Misconduct, Federal Agency Charged TAMPA, Fla. – A federal jury rendered a verdict on Dec. 19, 2018 awarding $850,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a female farmworker at Favorite Farms […]

Credit Union Fired a Black Branch Manager Because She Opposed Use of a Racially Offensive Video During a Training Session, Federal Agency Charged NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana credit union has agreed to pay a former branch manager $110,000 to […]

Predecessor Hudson City Savings Bank Denied Disability Accommodations to Employees, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Wilmington Trust Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of M&T Bank Corporation, which is based in Buffalo, N.Y., has agreed to pay […]

BALTIMORE – Maritime Autowash (later known as Phase 2 Invest­ments, Inc.) will pay $300,000 in monetary relief and furnish equitable relief to settle a federal race and national origin dis­crimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), […]

28 Event Space Intimidated, Fired Worker Who Supported Coworker’s Race Discrimination Claim, Federal Agency Charges ST. LOUIS – 28 Event Space, LLC, a popular Kansas City, Mo., wedding event space in the Crossroads district, violated federal law by retaliating against […]

Restaurant Demoted Employee Because of Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Rocco’s Pub, a Jasper, Ga., restaurant and bar operated by Ciorrocco’s, Inc., will pay $15,500 to settle a pregnancy discrimination charge brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Employee Fired for Exceeding Two-Week Maximum Leave Policy, Federal Agency Charged RALEIGH, N.C. – Senior Care Properties, Inc., doing business as Harborview Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, will pay $21,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought […]

Battery Manufacturer Rescinded its Job Offer Based on Unfounded Fears of Safety, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Exide Technologies, a global corporation headquartered in Milton, Ga., that manufactures, distributes and sells stored energy components, violated federal law when it rescinded […]

Agency Obtains $340,000for Caregivers Harassed Daily by 80-Year-Old Client SAN FRANCISCO – Senior care provider R. MacArthur Corp. (RMC) will pay $340,000 in damages for five former employees and its successor, San Oak Caring Hands LLC, will implement measures to […]

Federal Agency Says North Dakota Restaurant Fired Server Because She Was Pregnant MINNEAPOLIS – 40 Steak & Seafood, a Bismarck, N.D., restaurant, violated federal law by firing a server because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) […]