Crooked Creek Bar & Grille Refused to Hire Applicant Because She Was Expecting, Federal Agency Charges DETROIT – Crooked Creek Investment Company, doing business as Crooked Creek & Creekside Bar & Grille in Saginaw, Mich., violated federal law when it […]

Company Failed to Accommodate Manager and Then Fired Him Due to Back Surgery, Agency Charged LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Car dealership Randall Ford in Fort Smith, Ark., will pay $128,750 as part of the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit […]

Doumak Agrees to Modify Leave Policies at Manufacturing Facilities CHICAGO – Doumak, Inc., a longtime Chicago-area marshmallow manufacturer, has agreed to change its leave policies to resolve a disability discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), […]

Pawn Shop Denied Promotions to Female Employee Because of Caregiver Responsibilities, Federal Agency Charges BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – EZPAWN Alabama, Inc. dba EZPAWN, a pawn shop chain, violated federal law when it failed to promote a female employee with caregiving responsibilities […]

Tennessee-Based Corporation Allowed a Manager to Sexually Harass a Female Employee, Then Fired Her for Reporting the Abuse, Federal Agency Charges ATLANTA – Dolgencorp, LLC. dba Dollar General, violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to repeated acts of […]

Home Health Care Provider Fired Employee With Fibromyalgia and Osteoarthritis Because of Walking Restrictions, Federal Agency Charged MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis-area home health care provider will pay $30,000 under a consent decree entered here which resolves a disability discrimination lawsuit […]

Women Working on John Jay College Expansion Treated Unfairly by Construction Contractor, Federal Agency Charged NEW YORK – Construction contractor Vamco Sheet Metals, Inc., will pay $215,000 as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the […]

Bishopville Plant Subjected African-American Employee to Racial Abuse and Fired Him for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges COLUMBIA, S.C. – Carolina Metal Finishing, LLC, a Bishopville, S.C.-based metal finishing company, subjected an employee to a racially hostile work environment and unlawfully […]

Physician Outsourcing Group Fired Employees for Reporting Sexually Charged Environment, Jury Found DALLAS – A Dallas federal court jury, on Friday, October 24, 2014, returned a verdict awarding almost half a million dollars to three former employees in a sexual […]

Mining Company Fired Foreman Because He Complained About Pervasive Harassment Based on His Polish Ancestry, Federal Agency Says BECKLEY, W.V. – Mining company Rhino Eastern LLC violated federal law when it subjected a mine foreman to pervasive national origin discrimination […]