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 […]

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 […]