Health Care Provider Refused to Grant Employee a Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – AccentCare, Inc., a home healthcare company headquartered in Dallas, has agreed to pay $25,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit […]

Utility Services Company Unlawfully Publicized Worker’s EEOC Disability Charge to Co-Workers, Federal Agency Charged BOSTON – Day & Zimmermann NPS, a Philadelphia-headquartered provider of staffing services to the power industry, will pay $45,000 and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle […]

Mixtec Clam Diggers Faced Explicit Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged SEATTLE – Northwestern Washington-based Trans Ocean Seafoods, Inc., doing business as New England Shellfish, will pay $75,000 to three female former employees and implement other relief to settle a federal […]

New York City-Based Apparel Company Fired Employee Rather Than Allow Her to Return to Work After Childbirth, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Manhattan-based apparel company R. Siskind & Company, Inc., doing business as Siskind Group, will pay $50,000 and […]

After Employee Complained About Sex Harassment, Staffing Company Ended Her Assignment and Denied Her Future Assignments, Federal Agency Charges CHICAGO – Anchor Staffing, a Chicago-based staffing agency, violated an employee’s federal civil rights when it failed to respond adequately to […]

Denying Employment Based on Carpal Tunnel Screening Found Unlawful ST. LOUIS – A federal judge ruled in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Nov. 16 in its discrimination charge against Amsted Rail Co., Inc., the federal […]

Cherry Hill Car Dealership Paid Its Chinese Technicians Less than Non-Chinese Technicians, Federal Agency Charged PHILADELPHIA – Chas. S. Winner, Inc., doing business as Winner Ford of Cherry Hill and Winner Ford, will pay $150,000 and furnish significant equitable relief […]

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 […]

Don’t Get Pregnant or You’re Fired, Orchid Grower Told Employees, Federal Agency Charged FRESNO, Calif. – A Merced County orchid grower will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Company Required Applicants to Complete an Unlawful Pre-Offer Health Questionnaire, Federal Agency Charged INDIANAPOLIS — Strataforce, a staffing firm with offices in California, Indiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina, agreed to resolve a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]