Company’s Strict Enforcement of 180-Day Maximum Leave and Attendance Policies Disadvantages Workers With Disabilities, Federal Agency Says LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the simultaneous filing and settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against […]

Assistant Manager at North Myrtle Beach Location Subjected Two Sisters to Sexual Comments and Touching, Federal Agency Charged FLORENCE, S.C. – New Apple, Inc., doing business as Applebee’s Grill and Bar, a North Carolina corporation that owns and operates several […]

Restaurant Assistant Manager Physically and Verbally Abused Autistic Employee and Forced Him to Quit to Escape Harassment, Federal Agency Charged Charlotte, N.C. – Jax, LLC, which operates a Golden Corral restaurant in Matthews, N.C., has agreed to pay $85,000 and […]

Company Refused Deaf Employee’s Requests for Interpreter, Federal Agency Charges FRESNO, Calif. – Pacific Bell Telephone Company, formerly known as AT&T Pacific Bell, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. […]

Company Failed to Honor Agreement to Hire Applicant to Resolve Disability Bias Charge, Federal Agency Charged JACKSON, Miss. – Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., an oil and gas exploration services company with headquarters in Houston, has agreed to pay $280,000 to […]

Supervisors and Co-Workers Harassed Two Muslim Employees, Federal Agency Charges DALLAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced today that it has filed suit against energy giant Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. for subjecting two employees to national origin and […]

Defense Contractor Refused to Transfer Employee Due to Son’s Disability, Then Fired Him, Federal Agency Charged WASHINGTON – Federal contractor Camber Corporation has agreed to pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability and age discrimination lawsuit filed […]

Los Angeles Cajun Restaurant and Nightclub Denied Pregnant Servers Work, Federal Agency Charges LOS ANGELES – LA Louisanne, Inc., a Los Angeles restaurant and jazz night club, will pay $82,500 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit […]

Painting Company Fired Worker Because It Regarded Him as Having a Disability Due to His Drug Treatment, Federal Agency Says HOUSTON – Steel Painters, LLC, a Beaumont, Texas-based painting company, unlawfully fired a worker because it regarded him as disabled […]

Employees Forced to Resign After Denial of Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges HONOLULU, Hawaii – Major health insurance provider Hawaii Medical Services Association (HMSA) violated federal law when it denied intermittent leave to a class of employees with disabilities without […]