Young Female Employee Sexually Harassed by Restaurant Manager and Terminated After She Complained, Federal Agency Charged SAN DIEGO – A federal judge has ordered Mexicali Chicken & Salads, an El Centro, Calif.-based restaurant, to pay $27,692 to resolve a discrimination […]

Company Discharged Employee After She Reported Harassment, Federal Agency Charges FRESNO, Calif. – Caruthers, Calif.-based companies South County Support Services and Southwest Transportation Agency will pay $89,691 and provide other relief to settle a charge of sex discrimination and retaliation […]

Leading Healthcare Provider Failed to Promote Employee because of Her Sex and Use of Maternity Leave, Federal Agency Said BALTIMORE – Dimensions Healthcare System, the largest not-for-profit provider of health care services in Maryland’s Prince George’s County, will pay $125,000 […]

Hospital Refused To Grant Employees Religious Belief-Based Exemptions From Flu Vaccination Requirement and Instead Fired Them, Federal Agency Charged ERIE, Pa. – Saint Vincent Health Center will pay $300,000 constituting back pay and compensatory damages to a class of six […]

Male Employee Was Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment Because of His Sexual Orientation, Federal Agency Charges MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed its first North Dakota case charging that an […]

Failure to Intervene Against Harassing Customer Created Hostile Work Environment, EEOC Charged CHICAGO – A federal jury has awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages to a former employee of Costco Wholesale, Inc. who was harassed and stalked by a Costco customer, […]

Federal Agency Says Worker was Twice Sued by Former Employer in Retaliation for Her Opposing Discrimination and Filing an EEOC Charge HOUSTON – Carolina Creek Christian Camp, Inc. (CCCC), which operates a facility 90 miles northeast of Houston that is […]

Restaurant Denied Deaf Employee Appropriate Training and Accommodation, Then Fired Him, Says Federal Agency SEATTLE, Wash. – Restaurant giant The Cheesecake Factory, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary violated federal law when it failed to provide an effective accommodation for […]

Black Employee Subjected to Racial Epithets Almost Daily, Federal Agency Charges MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – Hiatt & Mason Enterprises, Inc., a structural steel erection services company, violated federal law when it subjected a black employee to a racially hostile work […]

Company Rejected Five African-Americans for Promotion Based on Race, Federal Agency Charged BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has entered a $150,000 consent decree that resolves its race discrimination lawsuit […]