Battery Manufacturer Rescinded its Job Offer Based on Unfounded Fears of Safety, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Exide Technologies, a global corporation headquartered in Milton, Ga., that manufactures, distributes and sells stored energy components, violated federal law when it rescinded […]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 Judge Finds Company’s Arguments for Lifting Injunction Unavailing ST. LOUIS – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ruled on November 1, 2018, that UPS Freight’s attempt to vacate its July 2018 order […]

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 […]

Black Employee Had to Quit Due to Racial Slurs and Harassment, Federal Agency Charges STATESVILLE, N.C. – Joe’s Old Fashioned Bar-B-Que, Inc., doing business as Lancaster’s BBQ & Wings, a North Carolina corporation, violated federal law when it subjected a […]

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 […]

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 […]

Staffing Agency Rejected Warehouse Worker For Being Deaf, Federal Agency Charges TACOMA, Wash. – A Western Washington staffing and recruiting company violated federal law when it refused to consider a qualified job applicant because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal […]

Teen Worker Was Touched Inappropriately, Forced to Quit, EEOC Alleges ST. LOUIS – El Vallarta, a Nebraska restaurant, violated Title VII when it allowed a supervisor and other workers to sexually harass a teenage female employee, the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Two Employees Racially Harassed at Work, Federal Agency Charged LOUISVILLE, Ky. — MPW Industrial Services, Inc., a Hebron, Ohio industrial cleaning company, will pay $170,0000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), […]