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BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. –A historic inn and spa allegedly condoned sexual harassment of several female employees for over one year and penalized the women who complained about the hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit against 5042 Holdings, doing business as the Country Inn at Berkeley Springs, Candace Bland and a class

Woman Fired for Numerous Complaints About Sexually Harassing Remarks and Conduct, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – Greater Metroplex Interiors, Inc., a commercial drywall and acoustics company based in Southlake, Texas, will pay a female former employee $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. 3:08-CV-1362-P), Luanda Puente, a laborer

EEOC Says Poultry Processor Fired Black Employee for Complaining About Racism

RALEIGH, N.C. – Mountaire Farms of North Carolina Corp. unlawfully retaliated against a former employee because she complained about race discrimination and filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges in a lawsuit filed today.  Mountaire Farms is a poultry processor that operates a facility in Lumber Bridge, N.C., and employs approximately 2,500 people nationwide.

Agency Charges That Community Hospital Denied Accommodations and Fired Clerk for Genetic Disorder and Stroke-Related Impairments

BALTIMORE – A Towson, Md., regional community hospital violated federal law when it fired a clerk because he had neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder, and stroke-related impairments, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

In its suit, the EEOC said that since at least May 2006 and continuing to the present, the Greater Baltimore

EEOC Charges Temporary Agency Failed to Protect Women From Abuse at Pittsburgh Plastics

PITTSBURGH  -- A global Fortune 500 staffing company failed to take appropriate action when  its employees complained about egregious sexual harassment at a plastic  manufacturing plant to which they had been assigned, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According  to the EEOC’s suit, Adecco USA  assigned Veronica Jalpa and a number of

EEOC Obtains $170,000 for Female Employees Harassed by Executive Director At the Center of Previous Lawsuit

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA-AK) has agreed to provide $170,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that its executive director targeted four female employees for severe harassment because of their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  This is EEOC's second lawsuit against

EEOC Sued Software Company for Retaliation Against Muslim Worker

PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a 2006 unanimous federal court jury verdict finding Go Daddy Software, Inc. had retaliated against Youssef Bouamama when it fired him for complaining about discriminatory comments against him.  The EEOC sued Go Daddy on Bouamama's behalf.

Federal Agency Charged Hotel Fired Employee for Refusing to Work on Her Sabbath

MEMPHIS – Generation Properties II, LLC, doing business as  Staybridge Suites, a Research Triangle Park, N.C., based hotel chain, will pay  $27,500 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal  Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The  EEOC’s lawsuit (Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-02420, filed in U.S. District Court  for the Western

Department Manager Subjected Women to Egregious Sexual Harassment, Agency Charges

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland supermarket chain Dave's Supermarket violated federal law by subjecting female employees to a workplace environment permeated with sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Case No. 1:09cv2119), filed in U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division, a long-term male

Women at N.C. Stores Subjected to Sexual Comments, Propositions and Touching by Male Supervisor, Federal Agency Charged

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Dolgencorp, LLC, doing business as Dollar General, violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  The EEOC's lawsuit further charged that one woman had to resign from her job because of

Black Employee Called 'N-Word' and Other Racial Slurs, Then Fired for Complaining, EEOC Charged

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Kannapolis, N.C.-based supplier of forklift and Bobcat loaders agreed to pay $21,000 and furnish substantial non-monetary relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that an African American mechanic was subjected to a racially hostile work

Black Employees Subjected to Racial Insults, Federal Agency Charges

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Stokesdale, N.C.-based Yates Construction Company, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting African American employees to a racially hostile environment and by firing one of its African-American employees for complaining about the situation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's complaint, in 2007 and 2008 Rodney McCants

Trucking Company Fired Dispatcher for Protesting Racism, Federal Agency Charges

OXFORD, Miss. – A Phoenix, Ariz.-based trucking company will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC's suit (Civil Action Number: 2:07-cv-0170-MPM-SAA), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, charged that Knight

EEOC Says Black Employee Fired For Filing a Grievance and Complaining About Management Favoritism of Hispanics

HOUSTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has sued Sara Lee Corporation, doing business as Sara Lee Foodservice, for suspending and firing an employee who complained that African American workers were treated less favorably than their Hispanic co-workers based on race. 

The EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No

EEOC Says Company Fired Older Employee, Replaced Her With Much Younger Worker

PHOENIX – Red Rock Western Jeep Tours, Inc. violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) by terminating Gloria N. Rose, who was 75 years of age at the time, and replacing her with a significantly younger worker, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed this week. 

The EEOC alleges in its

Agency Says Pine City Company Fired Employee for Taking Legally Prescribed Medication; Other Employees Subjected to Illegal Inquiries About Medication Use

MINNEAPOLIS  – Product  Fabricators, Inc., a Pine City, Minn., contract manufacturer, has violated  federal disability discrimination law by its policies requiring employees to  report their use of legal prescription drugs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed late yesterday.

According to the EEOC’s complaint, Product Fabricators fired  long-time employee

Two Teens Assaulted at Memphis Store, Federal Agency Charged

MEMPHIS – Taco Bell Corporation will pay a total of $350,000 in monetary damages to two young women to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that two teenaged workers were assaulted at a Memphis Taco Bell.

The EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-02579, filed

Company Failed to Stop Abuse of Female Employees at Raleigh KFC, Agency Charges

RALEIGH, N.C. – The company that owns and operates a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Raleigh, N.C., violated federal law by allowing a male employee to sexually harass female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit against Luihn Food Systems, Inc., Tina Underwood, Sheila Mungin, Sabih Sheridan and Barbara

Lucedale Sonic Fired Employee Because She'd Had Seizure at Home, Federal Agency Charged

LUCEDALE, Miss. – The franchisee of the Sonic Drive-In Restaurant in Lucedale, Miss., will pay $22,000 in compensatory damages and furnish remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Ted Riley Corporation unlawfully fired an employee after learning she had experienced an epileptic seizure

Auto Parts Company Unlawfully Fired Worker Because His Religion Forbids Saliva Test, Federal Agency Charged

GREENSBORO, N.C. – GKN Driveline North America, Inc., a Sanford, N.C.-based automotive components company, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and by firing him because of his religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's

Federal Agency Says Latina Employee Forced to Quit to Escape Abusive Supervisor

PORTLAND, Ore. – Wilcox Farms, which operates dairy and egg production facilities in Oregon and Washington, will pay $260,000 and provide remedial relief to settle a federal sexual harassment and retaliation suit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

The EEOC's lawsuit charged that a male supervisor repeatedly grabbed, sought to forcibly undress and propositioned

Federal Agency Charged Staffing Company Fired Older White Woman for Complaining About Race, Age Bias

ATLANTA – Spencer Reed Group, LLC, a Kansas-based staffing company, unlawfully discriminated against a 55-year-old Caucasian employee because of her race and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.  Spencer Reed provides staffing and administrative services to the federal General Services Administration (GSA).

According

Professional Building Systems Subjected Black Employees to Racist Slurs, Graffiti and Nooses

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today that Professional Building Systems of North Carolina, LLC, violated federal law by subjecting African American employees to a racially hostile work environment.  Professional Building Systems builds custom modular homes in two locations including at its facilities in Middleburg, Pa., and Mount Gilead, N.C

Company Refused to Hire Female Production Workers, Federal Agency Charged

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – R-Anell Housing Group, LLC, a manufacturer of pre-fabricated commercial structures and custom modular homes, will pay $200,000  and provide significant injunctive relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that R-Anell Housing refused to hire Amy Hall and a class