The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that Republic Services will pay $200,000 to settle federal allegations that the waste management company systematically rejected female applicants for garbage truck driver positions based on sex.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission secured $660 million for 17,680 victims of employment discrimination in fiscal year 2025, marking the third-highest total monetary recovery in recent agency history as Chair Andrea Lucas touted "colorblind, merit-...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Illinois, alleging the facility violated federal law by refusing to accommodate a surgical technologist's religious objection to the COVID-19 vaccine and subsequently...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Ourisman Automotive Group, alleging the company failed to take effective remedial action after a finance manager repeatedly called Black car salesmen 'boy' and used the N-word at an Edgewood, Maryland dealers...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Ascend Wellness Holdings, alleging the cannabis company subjected female employees at its Illinois facility to pervasive sexual harassment and failed to stop the conduct despite multiple complaints.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued The Cogar Group Ltd., alleging the Virginia-based security company violated federal law by refusing to accommodate a Baptist deacon's Sunday church attendance and forcing him to resign from his New Orleans se...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit against Kroger Texas L.P. – Houston Division, alleging the grocery chain violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by terminating an employee with neuropathy after new management st...
Smoke BBQ, LLC and Thorny Oyster, LLC, operators of Cosmos Restaurant in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, agreed Tuesday to pay significant monetary damages to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit after the EEOC alleged the restaurant 'fired a femal...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit against St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, alleging the medical center violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to reassign an employee with foot and ankle injuries to a...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit against Butterball LLC, alleging the meat processing company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to accommodate an employee undergoing chemotherapy treatments and termi...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against BestBet Jacksonville, Inc., Florida's largest poker room, alleging the company violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by forcing pregnant employees to quit rather than providing reasona...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued DHL Supply Chain (USA) for allegedly refusing to accommodate an employee with sickle cell disorder who requested to work shorter periods in a cold warehouse environment and then discharging her from its...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that multinational technology consulting company HCL America, Inc. agreed to pay $495,000 and provide injunctive relief to settle federal claims that it rejected a qualified 62-year-old Indian job a...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Blue Eagle Contracting Inc., alleging the California trucking company violated federal law by refusing to accommodate a Christian truck driver's Sunday church attendance, forcing him to choose between his fai...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that iPRO Dental Laboratory, Inc. will pay $30,000 to settle federal charges that the Fort Lauderdale dental manufacturer fired a newly hired employee because she was pregnant.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that Personnel Staffing Inc., a southeastern staffing agency operating in more than 15 states, will pay $155,000 to settle federal sex discrimination charges alleging the company failed to refer female t...