Court Agrees With EEOC That Trucking Company’s Use of Strength Test Developed by Cost Reduction Technologies Disadvantages Women, Violates Federal LawMINNEAPOLIS – A federal judge has ruled as a matter of law that Stan Koch & Sons Trucking violated federal […]

Company’s Owner Subjected a Female Employee to Sexist Comments, Then Fired Her for Opposing It, Federal Agency ChargedSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Great Rentals and Events, LLC, doing business as Great Events, a San Antonio special events company which provides services […]

Federal Agency Offers New DE&I Workshop: ‘Unlocking Opportunities — Employing Individuals With Convictions’LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency responsible for enforcing laws against employment discrimination and harassment, continues its series of diversity, equity […]

Facility Management Company Denied Employee’s Request to Work From Home to Protect Herself From COVID-19, Then Fired Her, Federal Agency ChargesATLANTA – ISS Facility Services, Inc., a Denmark-based workplace experience and facility management company with U.S. headquarters in San Antonio, […]

Mexico, U.S. Will Continue Cooperation to Fight Abuses Against Workers, Regardless of National Origin or Immigration StatusWASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Labor and several other U.S. government entities on Thursday signed an […]

IT Systems Analyst Paid Less Than Male Coworker for the Same Work, Federal Agency ChargedDALLAS — Dell, Inc. has agreed to pay $75,000 and to provide other relief to settle an equal pay and sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the […]

Dairy Processor Fired Employee Rather Than Accommodate Her, Federal Agency ChargesGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Agropur, Inc., a diary processor and U.S. subsidiary of Canadian-based Agropur Cooperative, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for failing to […]

Agreement Will Help Both Entities Protect Vulnerable Mexican WorkersWASHINGTON – On Thursday, Sept. 2 at 10 a.m., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Government of Mexico, through its embassy in the United States, will sign a renewal […]

Industrial Equipment and Services Companies Refused to Hire Worker Because of Medical Treatment for Anxiety and Opioid Addiction, Federal Agency SaysHOUSTON – Industrial equipment and services companies The Modern Group, Ltd. and Beaumont, Texas-based Dragon Rig Sales and Service, LLC […]

Three class-action lawsuits filed in district courts in Illinois allege that products containing vegetable oils, and not dairy fat, are falsely and misleadingly described as “fudge.” (See Reinitz v. Kellogg Sales Company, Bartosiake v. Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc., and Lederman […]