Retailing Giant Intimidated and Humiliated Employee Who Complained About Harassment, Federal Agency Said BALTIMORE – The eastern division of the nation’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, will pay $75,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to resolve a national origin […]

Supreme Court Lets Stand 7th Circuit Ruling That Reassignment Is Reasonable Accommodation CHICAGO – In a case that garnered nationwide attention, air transportation giant United Airlines Inc. has agreed to pay more than $1 million and implement changes to settle […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Wed., June 17, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E., Washington D.C. The meeting, entitled “Retaliation in the Workplace: Causes, Remedies, […]

NFI Logistics and Federal Agency Agree to Consent Decree CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today resolved its race and national origin harassment suit against NFI Interactive Logistics LLC, a privately owned provider of transportation and distribution […]

Employee Denied Promotion Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged JACKSON, Miss. – Dollar General Corporation will pay $32,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, four Federal Government agencies with roles in ensuring fairness in the federal workplace released a guide on the rights and processes available to applicants and employees who allege sexual orientation or gender identity discrimination. The guide […]

Lawsuit Challenges Discrimination Under 1964 Civil Rights Act ST. PAUL, Minn. – Deluxe Financial Services Corp., a Shoreview, Minn.-based check-printing and financial services corporation, violated federal law by subjecting a transgender employee to sex discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Federal Agency and Plaintiff’s Counsel Score $245,619 Victory For Oil Rig Worker ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal judge ordered that $245,619be paid to an Alaskan oil rig worker today in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Agency Says Bread Manufacturer Failed to Stop Persistent, Disparaging Racial Comments CHICAGO – Gonnella Baking Co. violated federal civil rights laws by failing to stop a pattern of disparaging comments about black employees at the company’s Aurora, Ill., baking facility, […]

EEOC’s 18th Annual Conference to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Commission WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that registration recently opened for its 18th annual EXCEL training conference on preventing employment discrimination in both the public […]