Includes Key Federal Sector Decisions and an Article on DisabilityWASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the availability of the newest edition of the federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest). The EEO […]

Mental Health Provider Rejected Qualified Applicant Due to Disability, Federal Agency ChargesSEATTLE – Mental health and psychiatric treatment provider Telecare Mental Health Services of Washington, Inc. violated federal law when it withdrew a job offer because of a qualified applicant’s […]

Restaurants Subjected Female Employees to Sexual Harassment and Fired Bartender When She Complained, Federal Agency ChargedWHEELING, W.V. – Route 22 Sports Bar, Inc. and Crazy Mexican Restaurant & Grill, LLC, two restaurants in Weirton, W.V., will pay $217,500 and provide […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the appointment of Christopher Lage as the agency’s deputy general counsel, effective Oct. 24. Lage has served as an EEOC assistant general counsel since 2002, overseeing and supporting district […]

Health Services Provider Capped Leave and Light Duty, Federal Agency SaysNEW ORLEANS – Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Medical Center, a health services provider, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity […]

Eden Prairie Company Fired Employee Based on Disability, Federal Agency ChargedMINNEAPOLIS – Employer Solutions Group, LLC (ESG), a payroll services company operating in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $95,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the […]

Employer Declared Employee Was a ‘Liability’ Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency ChargesCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Awon Phie LLC, doing business as Holiday Inn Express North Padre Island, will pay $30,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination […]

African American Worker Fired for Wearing Her Hair Naturally, Federal Agency SaysNEW ORLEANS – American Screening, LLC, a drug and medical testing supplies distributor in Shreveport, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired a worker because of her hair, the […]

Agency Will Focus on Ways to Help Ensure That Tech Tools Used in Employment Decisions Comply with Federal Anti-Discrimination LawsWASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is launching an initiative to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) and other […]

Employer Fired Worker With Disability Instead of Allowing Her to Return to Work With an Oxygen Device, Federal Agency ChargedWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Strategic Equipment, LLC, doing business as TriMark Foodcraft, LLC, a Delaware corporation that specializes in commercial kitchen equipment […]