School District Paid Female Employee Much Less Than Her Male Coworker Who Performed Equivalent Duties, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – In a conciliation agreement signed today with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Montevideo School District in Minnesota […]

Company Fired Temporary Agency Staff Member and Failed to Hire Her for Full-Time Position Because of Association With a Child With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – New Mexico Orthopaedics Associates, P.C. (NMOA), which owns and operates a medical […]

Company Laid Off Warehouse Clerk After She Notified Them of Medical Restrictions, Federal Agency Charged ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Apria Healthcare Inc., a home medical provider that offers medical equipment and services in Albuquerque, will pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit […]

Employee Discharged Because He Has Scoliosis, Federal Agency Charges DETROIT – New Image Building Services, Inc., a Troy, Mich.-based cleaning company, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for discharging an employee because of his medical […]

New Orleans Motel Placed Employee on Unwanted Leave of Absence, Federal Agency Charges NEW ORLEANS – G6 Hospitality, dba Motel 6, unlawfully placed a pregnant employee on leave solely because of the fact that she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal […]

Bell Lexus and The Berge Group Rescinded Job Offer Based on Woman’s Lawful Prescription Drug Use, Federal Agency Charges PHOENIX – A Scottsdale, Ariz., car dealership company violated federal law by rescinding a job offer after a pre-employment drug test […]

Hair Salon Refused to Accommodate Stylist’s Claustrophobia, Agency Charged MIDLAND, Texas – Minnesota-based Regis Corporation, doing business as SmartStyle, will pay $60,000 in damages and back pay to former hair stylist Nora Jacquez to settle a federal disability discrimination suit, […]

Employer Permitted Racist Slurs and Graffiti, Then Fired Employees Who Complained BUFFALO, N.Y. – A Buffalo provider of metal coating violated federal law when it permitted race-based harassment of black employees by supervisors and co-workers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Federal Agency Says Food Service Company Denied Long-Term Employee Accommodations, Then Fired and Failed to Rehire Her Because of Her Disability CHICAGO – American Blue Ribbons Holding, LLC, dba Legendary Baking, violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee […]

Restaurant Owner Harassed Female Employees, Federal Agency Said BALTIMORE – A Baltimore restaurant, R.V. Associates Limited, doing business as Windsor Inn, will pay $200,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by […]