Supervisor Threatened Black Workers With Gun and Noose, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – A Hugo, Minn., construction company violated federal civil rights law by subjecting African-American employees to a hostile work environment based on their race, the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Company Refused to Hire Air Force Veteran With Bipolar Disorder as Truck Driver, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – Stevens Transport, the largest refrigerated trucking company in Texas and one of the top four largest temperature-controlled carriers in the United States, […]

Sikh Applicants Denied Religious Accommodation During the Hiring Process, Federal Agency Charges LOS ANGELES – J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, will pay $260,000 and provide other relief to settle charges of […]

Manager Replaced Black Workers With Whites and Hispanics In Order to “Sprinkle a Little Salt,” Federal Agency Charged OKLAHOMA CITY – Automobile detailing business OnSite Solutions, LLC will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. […]

Staffing Agency Discriminated Against Latino Workers Who Were Recruited With Promise of Good Pay, Federal Agency Charges BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An Alabama temporary staffing firm violated federal law by subjecting Latino workers to unequal working conditions and failing to provide […]

Concrete Liner Company Failed to Pay Female and Male Sales Representatives Equally, Federal Agency Charges LOS ANGELES – Spec Formliners, Inc., a Santa Ana, Calif.-based concrete liner company, violated federal law when it paid a female sales representative less than […]

Company Refused to Hire Applicants and Fired Employees Based on their Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged ATLANTA – Georgia Power Company, an electric utility company headquartered in Atlanta, will pay $1,586,500 to settle a class disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the […]

Temporary Employees Subjected To A Sexually and Racially Hostile Work Environment And Subsequently Discharged In Retaliation For Complaining, Federal Agency Charged WASHINGTON, Pa. – Labor Ready Northeast, Inc. (Labor Ready) will pay $72,500 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle […]

Grocery Store Fired Clerk Based on Disability, Federal Agency Said BALTIMORE – Safeway, Inc. will pay $27,000 in monetary damages and furnish significant equitable relief, including returning an employee to work, to resolve a federal disability discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. […]

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 […]