HOUSTON – Rudy L. Sustaita, a 26-year attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), has been appointed Regional Attorney of the agency’s Houston District Office, which also covers Louisiana, the agency announced today. A graduate of the University […]

ATLANTA – Antonette Sewell has been appointed as regional attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Atlanta District effective Dec. 12, the agency announced today. Sewell has been a civil rights litigator in both New York and Georgia […]

Nightshift Janitors Left Vulnerable to Supervisor’s Abuse, Federal Agency Charges OAKLAND, Calif. – Goodwill Industries of the East Bay Area and affiliate Calidad Industries violated federal law by allowing sexual harassment and disability discrimination against nightshift janitors contracted to clean […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Marsha Rucker, who has served as an attorney with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for eight years, has been appointed regional attorney for EEOC’s Birmingham District Office effective Dec. 1, the federal agency announced today. […]

Giant Retailer Unlawfully Denied Accommodations to and Harassed Cancer Survivor at Illinois Store, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay a former employee $75,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Court Agrees With Federal Agency’s Position That Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is a Form of Sex Discrimination Prohibited by Title VII WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal court has denied a motion to […]

Company Refused to Hire Woman as Temp Worker Because Her Religion Forbade Her to Wear Trousers, Federal Agency Charges COLUMBIA, S.C. – Akebono Brake Corporation, a Michigan-based company that designs and manufactures automotive brake components, violated federal law when it […]

Local Wings Chain Engaged in Long-Standing Discrimination Against Older Workers, Federal Agency Says HOUSTON – Bayou City Wings, a Houston-based restaurant chain, has unlawfully engaged in a pattern or practice of intentional age discrimination in its hiring of host and […]

Owner Sexually Harassed Four Servers at Greensboro Tex-Mex Restaurant, EEOC Charges ATLANTA – El Chaparro, Inc. violated federal law when one of its male owners sexually harassed four female servers at its Greensboro, Ga., Tex-Mex restaurant, the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Restaurant Fired Employee Because of His HIV Status, Federal Agency Charged LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A McDonald’s restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Company and Peach Orchard, Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., will pay $103,000 and furnish other relief to […]