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Walmart to Pay $30,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Walmart Inc., a nationwide retailer of groceries and other goods, agreed to pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle charges of sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Walmart’s store in DeFuniak Springs, Florida failed to respond to complaints of sexual harassment made by a female employee who claimed a male Walmart employee made constant

February 8, 2024

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EEOC Sues Shane’s Rib Shack Franchisee for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

ATLANTA – RSPS Holdings, a franchisee of the popular fast-casual barbeque restaurant, Shane’s Rib Shack, violated federal law when it subjected a teenage female employee to a hostile work environment based on her sex, then fired her in retaliation for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the female employee — who was a college freshman at the time — was

February 6, 2024

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J&M Industries to Pay $105,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

NEW ORLEANS – J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company based in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former employee $105,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, J&M Industries violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her age after she refused to retire when she turned 65 years old. A company

February 1, 2024

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Blackwell Security Services Will Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

CHICAGO – Blackwell Security Services, Inc. will pay $70,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its suit that Blackwell refused to accommodate an employee’s religious practice, needlessly forcing him to choose between his religion and his livelihood. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee, who worked as a concierge in Chicago, Illinois, is

January 31, 2024

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Amrith Kaur Aakre Elegida Como Nueva Directora del Distrito de Chicago de la EEOC

Amrith Kaur Aakre (second from left) poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the director of the EEOC’s Chicago District on Jan. 29, with Thomas Colclough, director of field management programs, and her parents Rajinder and Navinder Mago.

Amrith Kaur Aakre (segunda desde la izquierda) posa durante su ceremonia de juramento como directora del Distrito de Chicago de la EEOC el 29 de Enero, con Thomas Colclough, director de programas de gestión de campo, y sus padres Rajinder y Navinder Mago. Aakre prestó juramento sobre el libro sagrado sij, el Guru Granth Sahib. El Distrito de Chicago de la EEOC es responsable de procesar los cargos de discriminación, la aplicación administrativa y la
January 30, 2024

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Amrith Kaur Aakre Chosen as New Director of EEOC’s Chicago District

Amrith Kaur Aakre (second from left) poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the director of the EEOC’s Chicago District on Jan. 29, with Thomas Colclough, director of field management programs, and her parents Rajinder and Navinder Mago.

Amrith Kaur Aakre (second from left) poses during her swearing-in ceremony as the director of the EEOC’s Chicago District on Jan. 29, with Thomas Colclough, director of field management programs, and her parents Rajinder and Navinder Mago. Aakre took her oath on the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib. (EEOC photo/Nanisa Pereles)

WASHINGTON - Amrith Kaur Aakre will serve as the new director of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Chicago District, the federal

January 30, 2024

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EEOC’s Indianapolis District Office Is Moving

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is moving, the federal agency announced today. The new office continues to prioritize accessibility to the public and is located at 115 W. Washington St., South Tower Suite 600, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Telephone numbers and email addresses will remain the same.

The Indianapolis District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination against private, state, and local government employers in Indiana

January 29, 2024

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La EEOC Lanza la Nueva Iniciativa Outreach

WASHINGTON – Hoy, la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE. UU. anunció la iniciativa REACH: “Mejorar OutREACH para trabajadores vulnerables y comunidades desatendidas”, un nuevo esfuerzo de varios años liderado por la Comisionada Kalpana Kotagal. La iniciativa se centra en garantizar que los esfuerzos de extensión y educación de la EEOC lleguen a los trabajadores que a menudo son los que tienen menos probabilidades de buscar la asistencia

January 29, 2024

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EEOC Launches New Outreach Initiative

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched the REACH initiative: “Enhancing OutREACH to Vulnerable Workers and Underserved Communities,” a new, multi-year effort led by Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal. The initiative focuses on ensuring EEOC’s outreach and education efforts are effectively reaching workers who often are the least likely to seek the agency’s assistance, despite their great need.

“I am delighted that Commissioner Kotagal agreed to lead this critical effort to ensure

January 29, 2024

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EEOC Encourages Victims of Sexual Harassment at Local Swami’s Restaurants to Come Forward

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encourages victims of or witnesses to sexual harassment at Swami’s restaurants to come forward and report their experiences to the federal agency in connection with an EEOC lawsuit against the chain.

On May 17, 2023, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in federal court against Swami’s for sexual harassment and retaliation. The respondents include Swami’s 101 LLC dba Swami’s Café; Swami’s Vista LLC; Swami’s Carlsbad LLC

January 29, 2024

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Library Hotel to Pay $42,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

NEW YORK – 299 Madison Ave. LLC, doing business as Library Hotel, a luxury boutique hotel in New York City, will pay $42,000 to a former front desk employee to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a guest services agent for the hotel submitted medical support for, and requested

January 25, 2024

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Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration to Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

BALTIMORE – Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOTSHA), the agency that oversees the state highways throughout Maryland, will pay $40,000 to settle an equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, for several years up to the present, MDOTSHA paid a male district community liaison (DCL) lower wages than it paid to his female counterparts, even though the male

January 23, 2024

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Medsurant Health to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

PHILADELPHIA – Medsurant Holdings, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based healthcare services company providing intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring services to hospitals and surgeons in several states will pay $80,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  

Medsurant Health’s monitoring services are performed by intraoperative neurophysiology monitorists, and according to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Medsurant paid a female monitorist less than her male coworkers for performing equal

January 23, 2024

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T.C. Wheelers to Pay $25,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Harassment Lawsuit

BUFFALO, N.Y. – T.C. Wheelers, Inc., a restaurant that operates as T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, has agreed to pay $25,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex-based harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the owners and staff of the restaurant verbally harassed Quinn Gambino, a transgender man, by making crude and derogatory references to

January 22, 2024

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Trinity Health-Michigan to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Trinity Health Grand Rapids, formerly known as Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a hospital and member of the Trinity Health-Michigan health system, agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Trinity Health violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by rescinding a job offer

January 19, 2024

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Cash Depot Pays $55,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

HOUSTON – Cash Depot, LTD, a privately owned, independent ATM service provider headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, agreed to pay $55,000 and provide other to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Cash Depot refused to accommodate a field service technician after he suffered a stroke and was subsequently hospitalized. The EEOC alleged that Cash Depot placed the

January 16, 2024

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Nebraska Court Orders Trucking Company to Pay Deaf Driver Punitive Damages, Lost Wages After Jury Awarded Millions

ST. LOUIS – Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an Omaha jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on disability discrimination claims, a federal judge ruled this week. The court also ordered the companies to submit semi-annual reports to the EEOC for the next three years with information about deaf truck driver applicants and new hires.

The judgment follows

January 12, 2024

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EEOC Sues Houston Independent School District for Pay Discrimination

HOUSTON – The Houston Independent School District (HISD) violated federal law when it paid female senior Career & Technical Education (CTE) program specialists lower wages than male senior CTE program specialists for performing substantially equal work based on their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least February 2019, HISD has been paying lower wages to a class of female

January 11, 2024

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Walmart to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

DES MOINES, Iowa – Walmart will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its suit that Walmart refused to promote an employee to a department manager position at its Ottumwa, Iowa store based on sex stereotypes about women with young children. According to evidence presented by the EEOC, when the employee asked

January 11, 2024

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Autos of Dallas Settles EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

DALLAS — AOD Ventures, Inc. doing business as Autos of Dallas, a local retailer of pre-owned vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will pay $22,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, car salesman Jonathon Sellers, who is Black, attended a December 2019 holiday party in which management called him to the front

January 10, 2024

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La EEOC Demanda a Bob's Tire Company, Inc. por Delitos de Acoso Sexual, Racial y Represalias por Nacionalidad

Boston – Bob's Tire Company, Inc., una instalación de reciclaje y chatarra de llantas usadas en New Bedford, Massachusetts, violó la ley federal al someter a empleados varones e hispanos (casi todos de ascendencia guatemalteca) a acoso sexual, racial y/o de origen nacional. y tomó represalias contra un empleado que se quejó de acoso sexual, acusó la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE. UU. en una demanda que anunció hoy

January 10, 2024

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EEOC Sues Bob’s Tire Company, Inc. for Sexual, Racial, and National Origin Harassment and Retaliation

BOSTON - Bob’s Tire Company, Inc., a used tire scrap and recycling facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts, violated federal law by subjecting male and Hispanic employees — nearly all of Guatemalan descent — to sexual, racial, and/or national origin harassment, and retaliated against one employee who complained about sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the owner of Bob’s Tire, Robert

January 10, 2024

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Declaraciones del Secretario de Trabajo Interino Su y la Presidenta de la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de EE. UU., Burrows, por Aniversario de PWFA y Ley PUMP

WASHINGTON – La Secretaria de Trabajo interina, Julie Su, y la presidenta de la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de EE. UU., Charlotte A. Burrows, emitieron hoy una declaración conjunta para conmemorar el primer aniversario de la Ley de Equidad para las Trabajadoras Embarazadas (PWFA) y la Ley de Protección Materna Urgente para Madres Lactantes (PUMP):

“El 29 de Diciembre de 2022, el presidente Biden promulgó protecciones laborales muy necesarias y esperadas

January 8, 2024

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Joint Statement by Acting Secretary of Labor Su, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Burrows on Anniversary of PWFA, PUMP Act

WASHINGTON – Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Charlotte A. Burrows today issued a joint statement to mark the first anniversary of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act):

“On Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law much-needed and long overdue workplace protections for pregnant and nursing workers. We celebrate the first anniversary of legislation that

January 8, 2024