Global Payments Company Denied Worker’s Pleas for Remote Work Due to High Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Federal Agency ChargesATLANTA – Total Systems Services, LLC, a global payments processing company based in Columbus, Georgia, violated federal law by denying repeated requests […]

Statesville Store Refused to Accommodate Deli Worker and Fired Her Because of a Disability, Federal Agency ChargesCHARLOTTE, N.C. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it refused to excuse an employee’s disability-related leave and discharged her for violating […]

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, […]

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 […]

Company Refused to Accommodate Employee with Autism and ADHD, Then Retaliated Against Him, Federal Agency ChargesBOSTON – Otis Worldwide Corporation, doing business as Otis Elevator Company — a global company based in Farmington, Connecticut that constructs, repairs, modernizes, and maintains […]

Job Search Website Agrees to Take Steps to Prevent its Customers from Posting Discriminatory Position AdvertisementsMIAMI – DHI Group, Inc., which operates job-search website for technology professionals Dice.com, has entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A federal judge has ruled as a matter of law that United Parcel Service, ­Inc. violated federal law by failing to accommodate and then firing an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

Staffing Company Rejected Job Candidate Because She Was Born in Germany, Federal Agency ChargedST. LOUIS – ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, will pay $75,000 to resolve a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Sandwich Franchise Discriminated Against Black Employees and Subjected Them to a Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency ChargesRALEIGH, N.C. – North Carolina-based Subway franchises Bilal & Aaya Subway, Inc., H & F Subway, Inc. and L & H Subway, Inc. (Subway) […]

Pizza Chain Failed to Accommodate and Fired Blind Employee Because of Disability, Federal Agency ChargesATLANTA – Papa John’s Pizza, an international chain of pizza restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, unlawfully denied a blind employee’s request to keep his service dog […]