Federal Investigation Found Housekeeping Company Restricted Employees from Speaking SpanishSAN FRANCISCO – Healthcare Services Group, Inc., which provides housekeeping and other services to healthcare facilities and employees 35,000 employees in 48 states, agreed to provide monetary and injunctive relief to […]

Federal Agency Charges Dealership Fired Female Manager and Replaced Her With Less Experienced MaleST. LOUIS – Vicars Powersports, a McAlester, Oklahoma retailer of motorsports vehicles, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]

Federal Agency Charged Trucking Companies Discriminated and Retaliated Against a Worker Because of Race and ReligionCLEVELAND – Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as Wheeler Trucking Inc. and Wheeler Logistics, Inc. will pay $65,000 and furnish […]

Federal Agency Charged Restaurant Discriminated and Retaliated Against Black EmployeeATLANTA – Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead, LLC, and Iron Hill Brewery, LLC, a chain of breweries and restaurants across several states, has agreed to pay $115,000 and furnish other relief […]

Federal Agency Charged Grocery Store Chain Subjected Employee to Sexual Harassment and Fired Her When She Refused to Undergo Unlawful Medical ExaminationHARRISBURG, Pa. – Weis Markets, Inc., will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and […]

Federal Agency Charges That the Companies Discriminated Against Employees Because of Their Sexual Orientation and/or Gender IdentityMOBILE, Ala. and CHICAGO – Harmony Hospitality LLC, which operates a Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in Dothan, Alabama, and LAS Hardwoods, a hardwood […]

Federal Agency Charged Pharmacy Pressured Employees and Applicants to Fill Expensive Hemophilia Prescriptions with the CompanyDENVER – Factor One Source Pharmacy, LLC, a pharmacy providing specialized pharmacy services to patients requiring complex medications, will pay $515,000 and provide other equitable […]

WASHINGTON — Sivaram Ghorakavi has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), effective today. The position is a key Senior Executive Service (SES) managerial position at the agency. Mr. Ghorakavi […]

Settles Federal Charges Workforce Services Provider in Southern New Mexico Failed to Grant Medical Leave and Fired EmployeeSOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (jointly referred to as Res-Care/Equus), nationwide job assistance companies doing business in New Mexico, will […]

Federal Agency Charged That Square Barrels Restaurant Co-Owner Sexually Harassed Gay EmployeesHONOLULU, Hawaii – Aged Artisans LLC and Surfeit Group LLC, doing business as Square Barrels, a former Honolulu-based restaurant, and their outsourced human resources company, ALTRES, Inc., doing business […]