Water Company Fired Foreman Because He Complained About Racial Slurs, Federal Agency Charges PHILADELPHIA – Aqua America, Inc., doing business as, Aqua Resources Inc., a Pennsylvania-based water company, violated federal law by subjecting black employees to a racially hostile work […]

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 […]

Hospital Discharged Employee Because She Requested Leave Due to Her Medical Condition, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, a regional medical center located in Albany, Ga., violated federal disability discrimination law when it fired an employee after […]

Car Dealership Owner Subjected Employee to Constant Harassment for Being Gay and Having Crohn’s Disease, Federal Agency Charges CHICAGO – Chicago car dealership Evergreen Kia violated civil rights law by subjecting an employee to harassment because of his sexual orientation […]

Dental Surgery Practice Fired Employee Four Days After 65th Birthday Due to Mandatory Retirement Policy, Federal Agency Charges DETROIT – Professional Endodontics, P.C., a dental surgery practice based in Southfield, Mich., with three locations, violated federal law by firing an […]

Boca Raton Restaurant Refused to Hire an Older Applicant Because It Wanted to ‘Maximize Longevity,’ Federal Agency Charged FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Ruby Tuesday, Inc., a Georgia corporation doing business in South Florida, will pay $45,000 to settle an age […]

Agreement Provides $175,000 and Job Offer for Construction Worker SPOKANE, Wash. – Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, the leading producer of fabricated aluminum products in the United States, will pay $175,000 and reinstate its hiring offer to a qualified production worker to […]

Employee Recovering from Wrist Surgery Forced to Train Replacement, Then Fired, Federal Agency Charges BOISE, Idaho -Jackson Energy, a division of Jacksons Food Stores, violated federal law by refusing to accommodate a worker recovering from wrist surgery and terminating her […]

Union Fired Two Black Organizers Due to Race, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – Local 100 of the United Labor Unions, a multi-state service workers’ union, has agreed to pay $30,000 in lost wages and damages to settle a race discrimination […]

Manager Groped and Propositioned Teenaged Hostess; Then Restaurant Reduced Her Hours After She Complained, Federal Agency Charges ABINGDON, Va. – A Bluefield, Va., restaurant violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a sexually hostile work environment and retaliating […]