Health Care Staffing Agency Fired Employee Following Request for Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Dependable Health Services Inc., a health care staffing agency, will pay $38,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought […]

North Dakota Company Subjected Male Employee to Hostile Work Environment Because of His Sex and Sexual Orientation, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – Rocky Mountain Casing Crews (RMCC), a Wyoming company that formerly did business in the North Dakota oil patch, […]

Minot Hospital Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Restrictions Related to Nurse’s Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – Trinity Health, doing business as Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND, will pay $95,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy and […]

Transgender Employee Subjected to Gender Identity Harassment Then Fired for Reporting, Federal Agency Charged RALEIGH, N.C. – Bojangles’ Restaurants Inc., a North Carolina corporation operating a chain of fast food restaurants in the Southeast, will pay $15,000 and provide other […]

Cruise Company Fired Employee for Supporting Sexual Harassment Claim, Federal Agency Charged MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis-based cruise company American Queen Steamboat Company will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a lawsuit charging retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal […]

Hibachi-Style Restaurant Fired Server Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT — Ichiban Japanese Restaurant, LLC, a hibachi-style restaurant doing business as Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse in Jackson, Mich., will pay $35,000 and commit to training its employees to resolve […]

Managers at Warehouse Used Racist Slurs and Assigned Them the Most Difficult Work, Federal Agency Charges NEW YORK – Aarons, Inc., a nationwide chain of rent-to-own stores, violated federal law when supervisors engaged in race-based harassment of black employees, the […]

Female Sales Representative Was Paid Less Than Her Male Coworker, Federal Agency Charged LOS ANGELES – Spec Formliners, Inc., a Santa Ana, Calif.-based business, will pay $105,000 and provide other relief to settle an equal pay lawsuit filed by the […]

Airlines’ Policies Discriminated Against Disabled Employees, Federal Agency Charges PHOENIX – American Airlines and Envoy Air will pay $9.8 million in stock, which is worth over $14 million if cashed in today, and provide other significant relief to settle a […]

Nursing Home Operator Refused to Promote Employee Because of Race and Age, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – McCready Foundation, Inc., which operates a network of medical and care facilities on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, violated federal law when […]