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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Job Applicant Seeking a Surgical Technologist Position Was Perceived as Disabled and Denied Employment, Federal Agency Charged SAN DIEGO – Sharp Healthcare, one of the largest private employers in San Diego County will pay $90,000 and furnish remedial relief to […]