Organization Retaliated Against Employee for Filing EEOC Charge, Federal Agency Said ATLANTA – The Georgia Council for the Hearing-Impaired, Inc. (GACHI), a nonprofit organization in Decatur, Ga., that provides services for the deaf and hard of hearing, will pay $10,000 […]

Healthcare Company Denied Applicant an Accommodation for Pre-Employment Drug Testing, Federal Agency Charged CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Xerox State Healthcare, LLC (“Xerox Healthcare”), a healthcare company that offers healthcare program administration services for programs such as long-term care and pharmacy benefits […]

Federal Agency Charged Railroad Company Refused to Hire Qualified Machinist Due to Epilepsy SEATTLE — The Washington, D.C.-based National Passenger Railroad Corporation, better known as Amtrak, will pay $112,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit […]

Oilfield Services Company Subjected Black Employees to Slurs and Mistreatment and Then Fired Employees for Reporting the Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Bermuda-based oilfield services companies Nabors Industries, Ltd. and C&J Energy Services, Ltd., Civil Action 05:16-CV-758-FB, […]

Commercial Real Estate Services Company Fired Employee with Breast Cancer, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE – Cushman & Wakefield refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with breast cancer and instead fired her because of her disability violating federal […]

Home Health Care Company Terminated Employee Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – Your Health Team, L.L.C. (Your Health Team) has agreed to pay $20,000 and provide other significant relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the […]

Doughnut Franchise Manager Sexually Harassed Young Female Employees, Some in Their Teens, and Retaliated Against Worker Who Resisted Advances, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Hillcrest Marshall, Inc., which owns multiple Dunkin’ Donuts franchises in Westchester County, N.Y., will pay […]

Federal Agency Charges Sealed Air Corp., d/b/a Kevothermal LLC, Paid Female Production Supervisor Less Than Male, Imposed Language Restriction Albuquerque, NM. -Sealed Air Corporation, a protective packaging business, violated federal law by paying a female production supervisor lower wages than […]

Job Offer Rescinded After Company Learned of Applicant’s Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged MIAMI – A Daytona Beach-based insurance brokerage firm violated federal law by rescinding a job offer to a woman because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Denied Job Based on View That All Type I Insulin-Dependent Diabetics Are ‘Fragile’ and Not Suited to Work Offshore, Federal Agency Charges NEW ORLEANS – Oilfield Instrumentation, USA, Inc., an oilfield services company, violated federal law by withdrawing a job […]