CHICAGO – A federal judge has held Supervalu, Inc., which owns the Jewel-Osco chain of stores, in contempt for failing to comply with conditions settling the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit against the company, the federal […]

Outback Steakhouse to Pay $65,000 to Settle  EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Phoenix Restaurant Fired Server Because of His Traumatic Brain Injury, Federal Agency Charged PHOENIX – Outback Steakhouse will pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination […]

Company Fired Jehovah’s Witness Because of Her Religion, Federal Agency Charged FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ozarks Electric, an electric cooperative located in Fayetteville and Springdale, Ark., will pay $95,000 to a former employee and furnish other relief to settle a religious […]

EEOC Sues Presbyterian Healthcare for Disability Discrimination CHARLOTTE, N.C. –  Presbyterian Healthcare Associates Corp., one of the largest health care  institutions in North Carolina, violated federal law by refusing to hire an  applicant for a phlebotomist position because of an […]

  A Missoula police detective who investigates Internet sex crimes has filed a lawsuit against the police department alleging a female officer sexually harassed him. Missoula City Attorney Jim Nugent told the Missoulian the state Human Rights Bureau denied Detective […]

Bay Area firm accused of sexual harassment by three executive assistants. Three executive assistants with San Francisco-based venture capital firm CMEA Capital have sued the firm and one of its former partners for sexual harassment, in a vivid complaint that […]

Company Fired Employee for Not Wearing Prosthetic Arm, Federal Agency Charged.   A Florida full-service asset protection security firm violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, a missing arm, and then punishing him for complaining about the […]

Federal Agency Says South Loop Club Allowed Harassment of Female Employees. CHICAGO – South Loop Club, a Chicago bar and grill located at 701 S. State St., will pay $100,000 under a consent decree entered today to settle a sexual […]

EEOC Sues Food Retailer for Firing Bipolar Worker The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued food retailer King Soopers Inc. for firing a worker who is bipolar, alleging that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. Employment discrimination […]

Noose hung in restaurant to intimidate worker.  Northern Star Hospitality D/B/A Sparx Restaurant: (W.D. Wisc.) filed 3/27/12 by Chicago District Office – The Commission alleges that Sparx, a Menomonie, Wis. restaurant, managers posted racist imagery and then fired an African-American […]