Federal Agency Charges True Oil Entities Paid Female Accounting Clerks Less Than Male Accounting Clerk CASPER, Wyo. – Ten associated exploration and production companies operating in 12 states violated federal law by paying female employees lower wages than men, the […]

Settlement Resolves Claims That a Female Employee Was Harassed and Discharged Due to Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Says LAS VEGAS – ACR Mechanical Inc., a Las Vegas-based refrigeration service contractor, will pay $10,000 and furnish other relief to settle a […]

Company Discharged Employee With Asthma After Refusing Her a Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – Baker Concrete Construction, a construction company located in Houston, will pay $58,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought […]

Ready-Mix Company Fired Driver After Learning He Had Prostate Cancer, Federal Agency Charges WICHITA FALLS, Texas – OK Concrete, a Wichita Falls-based mixed concrete company, violated federal law by discriminating against an employee based on his disability, prostate cancer, the […]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is an independent federal agency responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s: •Race •Color •Religion •Sex (including pregnancy) […]

Construction Contractors Refused to Hire Applicant Because of His Dyslexia NEW YORK – McPhee Electric Ltd., a construction company with offices in Connecticut, and Bond Brothers, Inc., a construction management and design company with an office in Connecticut, will pay […]

Among Many Violations, Chicago-Area Staffing Company Assigned Temporary Employees To Clients on the Basis of Sex, Federal Agency Charged. CHICAGO – A Chicago-area staffing agency will pay $800,000 under a consent decree resolving two discrimination lawsuits filed by the U.S. […]

Assisted Living Facility Fired Employee Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged OXFORD, Miss. – Magnolia NA, LLC, which owns and operates Magnolia Place Personal Care Home, an assisted-living facility located in New Albany, Miss., will pay $20,000 to settle a […]

ACT Digital Pilot Program Allows Online Interaction With Employers WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that 11 of its 53 offices will begin a pilot program called ACT Digital to digitally transmit documents between the […]

Agency Can Use Subpoena to Continue Investigation of Discrimination Even After Complainants’ Private Lawsuit Has Been Dismissed MILWAUKEE – A federal judge has approved a subpoena allowing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to proceed with its class-wide race […]