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), […]

Denton County Paid Female Doctor Less Than a Male Doctor in Health Department DALLAS – Denton County will pay $115,000 to a female former county doctor after a federal court entered judgment in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, October 31, from 9:30 a.m. to noon ET at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. The meeting, entitled “Revamping Workplace Culture to […]

Health Care Company Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Pregnant Employees and Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged BUFFALO, N.Y. – Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care LLC, a family of nursing and health care facilities in […]

Towing Company Must Pay Person Alleging Discrimination Under Mediated Agreement NEW ORLEANS – A U.S. District Court on Tuesday entered judgment against a New Orleans based towing company for failing to respond to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment […]

SMS Group Must Refrain from Requesting or Requiring Disclosure of Genetic Information INDIANAPOLIS – SMS Group Inc., formerly known as SMS Technical Services, LLC and SMS Millcraft LLC, headquartered in Cranberry Township Pennsylvania has agreed to resolve a disability and […]