Plant City Restaurant Subjected Black Employee to Racial and Homophobic Epithets, Then Forced Him to Quit, Federal Agency ChargedTAMPA, Fla. – Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida, LLC (NRP), which operates an Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill restaurant in Plant City, Florida, […]

Medical Practice Agrees Not to Collect COVID Testing Results From Employees’ Family MembersTAMPA, Fla. – Brandon Dermatology, a Tampa Bay-based medical practice, will compensate affected employees and furnish other relief to resolve a Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) finding made […]

Black Employee Denied Performance Evaluation and Raise, Then Fired Because of Race, Federal Agency ChargedJACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lone Wolf Resources, L.L.C., an environmental remediation and construction services company based in Texas will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle […]

Medical Practice Agrees Not to Collect COVID Testing Results From Employees’ Family MembersTAMPA, Fla. – Brandon Dermatology, a Tampa Bay-based medical practice, will compensate affected employees and furnish other relief to resolve a Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) finding made […]

Company Refused to Allow Service Dog as Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency ChargesST. LOUIS – Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts-and-crafts retailer, violated federal law when it refused to reasonably accommodate a cashier at its Olathe, Kansas store by allowing […]

Hope Mills Store Refused to Allow Employee with Hand-Wrist Condition to Work and Then Fired Her Because of Her Disability, Federal Agency ChargesRALEIGH, N.C. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation […]

Vermont-Based Coughlin Created Sexually Hostile Work Environment Against Class of Workers, Mostly Teens, Federal Agency ChargedNEW YORK – Coughlin, Inc., a Vermont-based company that owns and operates ten McDonald’s franchise restaurants in Vermont and New Hampshire, will pay $1,600,000 and […]

Experts Discuss Skill-based Hiring to Promote Equal Opportunity in the WorkplaceWASHINGTON – On June 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hosted an online discussion […]

Hotel Owners Failed to Investigate Manager Who Groped Latina Housekeepers, Federal Agency ChargedSEATTLE — GIPHX10, LLC, and Jaffer, Inc., Edmonton, Canada-based companies that operated as Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham until November 2021, have agreed to pay $370,000 to two female […]

Experts Discuss Skill-based Hiring to Promote Equal Opportunity in the WorkplaceWASHINGTON – On June 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hosted an online discussion […]