An Amazon employee filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the tech giant of deliberately paying her and other Black employees less than their White counterparts, becoming the latest on a growing list of current and former Amazon workers to accuse the […]

It’s #WorkforceWednesday! In the past week, regulatory withdrawals, rollbacks, or new proposed rules are impacting everything from COVID-19 vaccine incentives to joint-employer status. EEOC Withdraws Wellness Incentive Rules The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has withdrawn two proposed rules on […]

Krobot, McIntire to Serve in New Positions WASHINGTON – Chair Charlotte A. Burrows of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com­mission (EEOC) announced today two new Senior Executive Service appointments at the federal agency. Elisa Krobot has been named as the […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today announced that Paul Valenti has been selected as director of the federal agency’s Miami District Office, effective March 1. Valenti has served as director of Pinellas County, Fla.’s Office of Human […]

Agency Secures $439.2 Million in Monetary Benefits for Victims WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released detailed breakdowns for the 67,448 charges of workplace discrimination the agency received in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The agency secured […]

Employer Declared Employee Was a ‘Liability’ Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charges CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Awon Phie LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Corpus Christi, violated federal law when it fired a temporary employee […]

Resort Hotel Fired Seventh-day Adventist After She Refused to Work on Saturdays Due to Her Religious Beliefs, Federal Agency Charges MIAMI – Noble House Solé, LLC, a resort hotel in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., violated federal law when it fired […]

Security Company Failed to Consider Applicant Because of Ethnic Hairstyle LAS VEGAS – Official Security, a Las Vegas-based security company, has settled a federal charge of race discrimination filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency […]

Hospital Network Refused to Accommodate New Employee’s Pregnancy-Related Disability And Withdrew Her Job Offer Instead, Federal Agency Charges NEWARK, N.J. – Saint Clare’s Health, a division of Prime Healthcare Services that operates two hospitals in Morris County, N.J., violated federal […]

Restaurant Refused to Hire Deaf Applicant, Federal Agency Said BALTIMORE — Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a major restaurant chain, will pay $15,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S Equal Employment […]