Company to Institute Training and Procedures to Prevent Future Discrimination CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Cheyenne company Superior Electric, Inc. will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Managers Harassed Four Female Workers, Including Two Teens, and Forced Some Women to Quit, Federal Agency Charged ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – JEC Enterprises, Inc., which owns and operates four McDonald’s franchises in Albuquerque, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to […]

Company Now Known as RockTenn CP, LLC Fired Employee Because of His Disability, Federal Agency Charged FLORENCE, S.C. – RockTenn CP, LLC formerly known as Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a discrimination lawsuit […]

Farmworker Women Subjected to Rape, Coerced Sex, Groping and Verbal Abuse, Federal Agency Charges in Two Separate Lawsuits MIAMI – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed two separate sexual harassment lawsuits yesterday afternoon — one against Windmill Farms […]

Reversing summary judgment for a county employer on the religious discrimination claim of an employee who was fired after she refused to work on a Sunday so she could attend the ground-breaking of a new church, a divided panel of […]

Addison Eatery Forced Waitress Out Because She Was ‘Beginning to Show,’ Federal Agency Charges DALLAS – Arthur’s Restaurant and Bar, located in Addison, Texas, violated federal law when it terminated a waitress because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment […]

Federal Agency Says Warehouse Giant Fostered a Sexually Hostile Work Environment When It Failed to Protect Female From Stalking Customer CHICAGO — Warehouse retail giant Costco violated federal law by fostering a sexually hostile work environment against one of its […]

A California Court of Appeals held recently in Cochran v. Schwan’s Home Service, Inc. that employers must reimburse employees for cell phone expenses when the employees are required to use their personal cell phones for work-related purposes. The Court imposed […]

FRESNO – Sal’s Mexican Restaurant in Fresno, Calif., has settled a sexual harassment charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $15,000, the federal agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the restaurant subjected a teenaged hostess […]

Grocer Refused Accommodation for Jehovah’s Witness’s Worship Services, Federal Agency Charged WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – Supermarket chain Food Lion, LLC violated federal law when it refused to provide a religious accommodation for and then fired an employee who is a […]