Rule Clarifies Incentives That Can Be Provided For Health Information of a Spouse Participating In an Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program WASHINGTON – On Friday, October 30, 2015, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) […]

Panel of Experts Identify Practices That Can Curb Harassment at Public Meeting of EEOC Select Task Force LOS ANGELES – Placing pressure on companies by buyers, empowering bystanders to be part of the solution, multiple access points for reporting harassment, […]

Plasma Center Fired Employee Believed to Have Tested Positive for Viral Marker, Federal Agency Charged MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Plasma Biological Services, LLC and Interstate Blood Bank, Inc., dba Plasma Biological Service, which own and operate plasma collection centers, have agreed […]

Arab and Muslim Mechanic Was Abused, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – National Tire and Battery (NTB) will pay $22,500 to a former employee to resolve a national origin and religious harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

Star Transport Fired Truckers for Refusing to Transport Alcohol, Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – A federal jury in Peoria, Ill., has awarded $240,000 to two Somalian-American Muslims who were fired from their jobs as truck drivers at Star Transport, an […]

Construction Products Manufacturer Fired Capable Worker Because of Cancer, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – DAP Products, Inc., a Dallas-based business and a leading manufacturer of home repair and construction products, violated federal law when it refused to allow a capable […]

Company Ignored Supervisor’s Explicit Sexual Harassment, Retaliated Against Workers, Federal Agency Charges SEATTLE – Northwestern Washington-based Trans Ocean Seafoods, Inc., doing business as New England Shellfish, violated federal law by allowing a supervisor to sexually harass four female workers and […]

Amusement Park Unlawfully Refused a Reasonable Accommodation for Worker with Intellectual Disabilities and Then Fired Him, Federal Agency Charges AUSTIN, Texas – Austin’s FEC, LLC and Austin Entertainment Center, LP d/b/a Austin’s Park N Pizza, a Pflugerville-based amusement park, violated […]

Company Discriminated Against Female and Older Applicants by Refusing to Hire Them for Various Positions, Federal Agency Charged DENVER – RCH Colorado, owner and operator of the Reserve Casino Hotel, a prominent hotel and casino in Central City, Colo., violated […]

Grocery Store, Refused to Grant Reasonable Accommodation, Fired Clerk, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE -Safeway, Inc., a leading grocery store chain, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate a clerk and terminated her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal […]