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Battery Manufacturer Rescinded its Job Offer Based on Unfounded Fears of Safety, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Exide Technologies, a global corporation headquartered in Milton, Ga., that manufactures, distributes and sells stored energy components, violated federal law when it rescinded […]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

Former General Manager at Subway Franchise in Rotterdam Sent Texts to 17-year-old Girls Offering Jobs in Exchange for Sex, Federal Agency Says NEW YORK – Draper Development LLC, the owner-operator of over a dozen Subway franchises in the Albany and […]

Pregnant Employees and Those With Disabilities Were Denied Reasonable Accommodations And Discharged, Federal Agency Found CHICAGO / PHILADELPHIA – The Cato Corporation, a leading retailer of women’s fashion and accessories, has agreed to pay $3.5 million to resolve a nationwide, […]

Employee Fired because of her Disability, Federal Agency Charged RALEIGH, N.C. – Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., doing business as Whole Foods Market, headquartered in Austin, Texas, will pay $65,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit […]

Health Care Network Failed to Accommodate and Fired Employees Because of Their Disabilities and/or Pregnancies, Federal Agency Charged FRESNO, Calif. – Family HealthCare Network will pay $1.75 million and furnish other relief to settle a systemic disability and pregnancy discrimination […]

Female Employee Not Permitted to Wear Skirt Instead of Pants, Federal Agency Charges BIRMINGHAM, Ala.– GB Flowood Operations, LLC, which operates a Flowood, Miss., restaurant under the name “Georgia Blue,” will pay a former employee $25,000 and furnish other relief […]

Hotel Fired Employee With Asthma, Federal Agency Says SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against Merritt Hospitality, LLC and HEI Hotels and Resorts, LLC, which have agreed […]