Staffing Agency Settles Charges It Fired Workers Based on “No Spanish” RuleLONGVIEW, Wash. – R & SL, which does business as Total Employment and Management (TEAM), an employment firm based in Washington and Oregon, has agreed to pay $276,000 and […]

On March 21, 2023, Virginia’s governor approved Senate Bill 1040, which prohibits an employer from using an employee’s social security number or any derivative as an employee’s identification number. The bill also prohibits including an employee’s social security number or […]

Hispanic Women and People With Disabilities Show Gains; Retaliation Tops Complaint BasesWASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released its Annual Report on the Federal Workforce for fiscal year (FY) 2020. Despite the significant progress the federal […]

Settles Federal Agency Charges Supervisors Provided Pregnant Hostess a Stool Then Took It Away and Then Fired HerST. LOUIS – A.V.I. Sea Bar & Chophouse restaurant, a Wichita steakhouse with an attached catering service known as Corporate Caterers of Wichita, […]

Staffing Company Excluded Female Workers From Specific Job Assignments and Duties, Federal Agency ChargedBALTIMORE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has obtained a default judgment in U.S. District Court in its sex discrimination lawsuit against Green JobWorks LLC, […]

Home Health Care Company Fired Scheduling Coordinator Because of Pregnancy and Related Disability, Federal Agency ChargedERIE, Pa. – Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania home healthcare provider, will pay $20,000 to a former employee and take significant steps to […]

Pregnant Employees Were Denied Accommodations and Required to Submit to Unnecessary Medical ExaminationsCHICAGO – Symphony Deerbrook, LLC will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over […]

Black Workers Faced Racial Slurs and Retaliation, Federal Agency ChargesRENO, Nev. – E-commerce remanufacturer PRC Industries (PRC) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of two Black workers and firing them in retaliation for reporting the harassment, the U.S. Equal […]

WASHINGTON – Chair Charlotte A. Burrows of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has named Dr. Jiashen You as the agency’s new chief data officer and head of its Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA), the federal agency […]

Employees With Disabilities Denied Reasonable Accommodations, Federal Agency ChargesLAS VEGAS – DTG Las Vegas, LLC; Fifth Street Gaming, LLC; and DTG Las Vegas Manager, LLC (collectively doing business as “Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino”) violated federal law by failing to […]