Restaurant Franchisor Settles Federal Charges It Subjected Teenage Employee to Sexually Hostile Work Environment, Then Fired Her for ComplainingATLANTA – RSPS Holdings and SRS Milledgeville, franchisors of the popular fast-casual barbeque restaurant Shane’s Rib Shack, have agreed to pay $56,500 […]

Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report and New Data DashboardWASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Office of General Counsel (OGC) Annual Report, covering Oct. 1, 2022 to Sept. 30, 2023, and a […]

Hog Farm Owner and Employees Harassed Transgender Employee, Federal Agency ChargesCHICAGO – Sis-Bro, Inc., a hog farm in New Athens, Illinois, violated federal law when it allowed an employee to be harassed because of her sex and gender identity, forcing […]

Federal Agency Charges That Hospital Denied Former Female Employee Promotion Because of Sex and Retaliated Against Her After Filing EEOC ComplaintINDIANAPOLIS – Ephraim McDowell Health, Inc. (EMH), headquartered in Danville, Kentucky, violated federal law by denying a female employee a […]

Casino Managers Failed to Act When Bartender Reported Sexual Assault and Sexually Explicit Comments by Fellow BartenderBALTIMORE – Golden Entertainment, Inc., the former owner and operator of Rocky Gap Casino in Flintstone, Maryland, has agreed to pay $100,000 and implement […]

Federal Agency Charges Buckhead Restaurant Fired Employee Because of His Race and For Reporting Mistreatment of OthersATLANTA – Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead, LLC, and Iron Hill Brewery, LLC, a chain of breweries and restaurants, illegally discriminated against an African […]

Settles Federal Charges Department Store Fired High-Performing African American Employee Because of Discrimination ComplaintATLANTA – Dillard’s, Inc., a national department store chain based in Little Rock, Arkansas, will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment […]

Cedar Point Settles Federal Charges It Denied Seasonal Workers Aged 40 and Over Employee Housing Based on AgeCLEVELAND – Cedar Fair, L.P., doing business as Cedar Point, and Magnum Management Corporation, which own, operate, and staff the Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar […]

Programs to Hire and Aid Federal Workers With Disabilities May Be Little Known and UnderusedWASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released two reports on people with disabilities in the federal workforce. “Promising Practices for Using Schedule […]

Haitian Applicant Denied Employment at Nursing Home After Being Subjected to Discriminatory Comments by Owner and Manager, Federal Agency ChargedMIAMI – Nursing home operators Hobe Sound OPCO and related companies Hobe Sound Realty, TOH Holdings, and HSRE, have agreed to […]