Federal Agency Charges Beverage Company Refused to Update Software or Offer an Alternative AccommodationGREENSBORO, N.C. – PepsiCo Beverage Sales, LLC violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to and fired a blind employee in its North […]

Federal Agency Charges Asian Food Companies Failed to Prevent Sexual Harassment of EmployeesLOS ANGELES – California-based Asian food companies Pacific Culinary Group, Inc. and CB Foods, Inc. will pay $245,000 and furnish injunctive relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment […]

Federal Agency Charges Sandwich Shops Fostered Hostile Work Environment and Failed to Hire Black EmployeesFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Subway franchises Bilal & Aaya Subway, Inc., H & F Subway Inc. and L & H Subway, Inc. (Subway) will pay $25,000 and […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against 15 employers in 10 states this week, alleging the companies failed to comply with mandatory federal reporting requirements. The EEOC sued 15 employers for repeatedly failing to submit […]

Federal Agency Investigation Found That Former Employee Was Fired for Disclosing Disability and Potential Need for AccommodationSEATTLE – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has agreed to pay $57,577 in compensatory damages and back pay and provide other injunctive […]

Federal Investigation Found Gender Non-Conforming Supervisor Was Subjected to Intentional Misgendering by Management and StaffSEATTLE – Columbia River Healthcare Inc., a nursing facility in Vancouver, Washington, that operates under the name The Oaks at Timberline, has agreed to provide monetary […]

Federal Agency Investigation Found That Former Employee Was Fired for Disclosing Disability and Potential Need for AccommodationSEATTLE – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has agreed to pay $57,577 in compensatory damages and back pay and provide other injunctive […]

Maryland Health Care Provider Terminated Employee with Vision Impairments for Requesting Reasonable Accommodation on First Day of WorkBALTIMORE – All Day Medical Care Clinic, LLC, which operates five medical clinics in Maryland, violated federal law by firing its scheduling assistant […]

Federal Agency Charges Food Processing Company Fired Employee Because of AgeATLANTA – Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Smithfield Fresh Meats Sales Corporation (together, “Smithfield Foods”), which operate a food processing business that specializes in pork production, violated federal law when they […]

Federal Agency Charged Alabama Recycler Terminated Employee for Telling the Truth About Discriminatory Hiring PracticesBIRMINGHAM, Ala. –TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycling, removal, disposal and repair company, will pay $90,000 and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment […]