Workplace Allowed Offensive Conduct Related to Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Disability, Federal Agency ChargesMINNEAPOLIS – R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver’s Restaurants of Cottage Grove, violated federal law when it subjected employees to […]

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the selection of Selma Cowan as the federal agency’s deputy chief financial officer. “The EEOC is fortunate to have Selma Cowan in this crucial role,” said Chair Charlotte A. Burrows. […]

Hospital Fired Employee for Requesting Accommodation for Back Injury Suffered on the Job, Federal Agency ChargesBIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its subsidiary, BBH SBMC, LLC, doing business as Shelby Baptist Medical Center, violated federal law by refusing […]

Outlines Considerations for Incorporating Automated Systems into Employment DecisionsWASHINGTON – Today the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a technical assistance document, “Assessing Adverse Impact in Software, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence Used in Employment Selection Procedures Under Title VII of […]

Restaurant Chain Allowed Sexual Harassment of Teenage Female Employees, Federal Agency ChargesENCINITAS, Calif. – Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro, a chain of casual counter and table-service restaurants, violated federal law by allowing a class of female employees to be subjected […]

Medsurant Forced Female Technician to Quit for Protesting Being Underpaid Because of Her Sex, Federal Agency ChargesPHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania health care services company violated federal civil rights laws by paying a female technician less than males on the basis […]

Settles Federal Charges It Ignored Employee’s Reports of Repeated Use of Racial SlurTACOMA, Wash. — Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington has agreed to pay $140,000 to an African American employee at its Tacoma Medical Center and provide other relief […]

Addresses End of Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency DeclarationWASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a number of updates to its COVID-19 technical assistance, “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, […]

Bartender Loses Job After Informing Management That She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency ChargesAUSTIN, Texas – Corner Bar, which operates on South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, discriminated against a female bartender by reducing her hours and terminating her because she […]

Electrical Supply Company Fired Two Black Managers Because of Their Race and Complaints About Race Discrimination, Federal Agency ChargedBALTIMORE – Shepherd Electric Co., Inc., a wholesale electrical distributor that operates in the Baltimore/Washington area, will pay $185,806 and furnish significant […]