Night Shift Janitors Left Vulnerable to Supervisor’s Abuse, Supportive Managers Faced Retaliation, Federal Agency Charged OAKLAND, Calif. – Goodwill Industries of the East Bay Area and its affiliate, Calidad Industries Inc., will pay $850,000 to eight former and current employees […]

Employer Fired Passenger Service Agents for Requesting Religious Accommodations, Federal Agency Charges BOSTON – Aviation Port Services, LLC, a Sumner, Wash.-based nationwide provider of support services to airlines, violated federal law when it fired several employees because of their requests […]

SAN DIEGO – Albertsons, Inc., a national retail grocery chain, violated federal law when a class of Hispanic employees in San Diego were subjected to harassment and a hostile work environment through the implementation of a no-Spanish policy, U.S. Equal […]

Nationwide Restaurant Chain Denied Jobs to Class of Over-39 Applicants Because of Age, Federal Agency Charged MIAMI – Seasons 52, a national, Orlando-based restaurant chain and part of the Darden family of restaurants, will pay $2.85 million and provide significant […]

Thrift Store Rejected Repeated Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for Employee With COPD and Emphysema, Federal Agency Charges ATLANTA – Two Peaches Group, LLC, d/b/a Value Village, a for-profit thrift store operating five locations in Atlanta, Ga., violated federal law when […]

Security Firm Fired Guard Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges ST. LOUIS – Simmons Security and Protective Services, a private security service in Kansas City, Kan., violated federal law by firing a newly hired employee when it learned she […]

Nonprofit Refused to Hire Male Employee for a Maternity Program Position Because of His Sex, Federal Agency Charged TAMPA, Fla. — The Children’s Home, Inc., a Tampa nonprofit child care organization also known as the Children’s Home Network, will pay […]

National Trucking Company Used “Back Assessment” to Screen Out Job Applicants It Regarded as Disabled, Federal Agency Charges PORTLAND, Maine – Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc. violated federal law by using a pre-employment “back assessment” to screen out and reject job […]

Dietary Company Fired Pregnant Employees, Federal Agency Charges SAN DIEGO – Tarr, Inc. and Zenith, LLC, a San Diego-based company that sells dietary supplements, will pay $50,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by […]

Car Dealership Subjected Employee to Harassment for Being Gay and Having Crohn’s Disease, Federal Agency Had Charged CHICAGO – Chicago car dealership Evergreen Kia will pay $100,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual orientation and disability discrimination lawsuit […]