South San Francisco Walgreens Fired Longtime Employee With Diabetes Over a $1.39 Bag of Chips, Federal Agency Charged SAN FRANCISCO – Drugstore giant Walgreens has agreed to pay $180,000 to a longtime employee with diabetes and to implement revised policies […]

Clearwater Adult Club Fired Manager for Opposing Owner’s Racially Discriminatory Practice, Federal Agency Charges TAMPA, Fla – A Clearwater, Fla., adult entertainment club violated federal law by racially discriminating against an African-American employee and firing a manager who objected to […]

Retailer Rescinded Accommodation, Then Fired Intellectually Disabled Employee, Federal Agency Charges ROCKFORD, Ill. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit here yesterday against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., alleging that the giant retailer fired an intellectually disabled employee […]

Hospital Fired Employees After 12 Weeks of Leave, Federal Agency Says TRENTON, N.J. — Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS), which operates an inpatient hospital and several outpatient medical facilities, will pay $1,350,000 and will undertake significant remedial measures to settle a […]

Healthcare Facility Denied Applicant in Renal Failure Reasonable Accommodation for Her Disability, Federal Agency Charged DALLAS – A Fort Worth-based health care facility will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. […]

Car Dealer Subjected Employees to Offensive Slurs Like ‘Terrorist,’ Federal Agency Charged CHICAGO – The federal district court in Chicago has entered a consent decree requiring Rizza Buick GMC Cadillac, Inc., a Tinley Park car dealership, to pay $100,000 and […]

Company Refused to Allow Employee to Return After Heart Attack and Fired Him Instead, Federal Agency Charges MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis-based distributor violated federal civil rights law by not allowing an employee to return to work after he had a […]

Atlanta Hair Salon Unlawfully Fired Disabled Veteran, Federal Agency Charges ATLANTA – Jamison Shaw Hairdressers, which operates a salon in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, violated federal law by subjecting a disabled employee to discrimination after she requested a reasonable […]

University Fired Black Professor After Being Denied Tenure Due to Race, Federal Agency Charged SAN DIEGO – Chapman University, a private university in Orange, Calif., will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by […]

Spa Fired Female Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges CHARLOTTE, N.C. – CCR Wellness Investments, LLC, d/b/a Massage Envy, violated federal law when it terminated a female employee because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]