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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cinergy Entertainment Group, Inc., a Texas corporation operating multiple cinema and entertainment centers around the country, will pay $137,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in 2023, a former employee re-applied to work for Cinergy, but a company vice president told her she was not eligible for rehire because she

CLARKSTON, Mich. – Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they fired a transgender employee and three of his colleagues after they complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC said the harassment included repeated misgendering, deadnaming (using a name a person no longer uses against their wishes) and publicizing his birth name without consent.

According to the lawsuit, Asher

DETROIT – Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Michigan, Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and South Carolina, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee was sexually harassed by her male supervisor shortly after being hired. The harassment involved constant unwanted sexual advances, unwanted

DENVER – Amer Sports Winter & Outdoor Company, a recreational gear company headquartered in Utah with employees throughout the United States, violated federal law when it fired an employee because he complained about age discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an employee complained multiple times to human resources and management about age discrimination during an organizational restructuring. During the reorganization, the company

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Hooters of America, LLC, a Georgia corporation operating a nationwide chain of restaurants known for wings, sports and “Hooters Girls,” will pay $250,000 and provide other relief to settle a race and color discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Hooters located in Greensboro, North Carolina, laid off approximately 43 employees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

ATLANTA – Waste Industries U.S.A., LLC, TransWaste Services, LLC, Waste Industries Atlanta LLC, and GFL Environmental, Inc. (Waste Industries), providers of solid waste removal, recycling pickup and landfill operation services, will pay $3.1 million and provide extensive injunctive relief to settle a pattern-or-practice sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit alleged that, since 2016, Waste Industries denied qualified female applicants truck driver positions

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – LM Wind Power, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of wind turbine blades, has agreed to pay $125,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Black employee’s managers and co-workers subjected him to pervasive racial harassment, including racial slurs and insults, and racially charged threats of

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Catalyst Family Inc., a non-profit company that operates child development centers in various locations in California, has agreed to provide almost $150,000 to a former employee and injunctive relief following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s investigation, the part-time employee worked for Catalyst Family for about two years when he requested an accommodation for his intellectual and cognitive disabilities

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Cruz Construction Co., Inc., agreed to provide $56,000 and injunctive relief to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s investigation, the company fired an administrative assistant in July 2023, two days after she requested a reasonable accommodation for a disability.

Firing an employee because she asserted her right to ask for accommodation violated the Americans with

Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal, EEOC San Francisco District Director Nancy Sienko, EEOC San Francisco Deputy Director Christopher Green, and local advocates at the REACH listening session in San Francisco. (Photo: EEOC)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held 23 REACH Initiative events in fiscal year 2024 with workers and advocates across the country, the agency announced today. The REACH Initiative, a multi-year effort led by Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal, focuses on ensuring the EEOC’s outreach

DENVER – Nature’s Herb and Wellness Center, doing business as High Plainz Strains, a Colorado marijuana retailer with seven retail stores, will pay $95,000 to settle a disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Nature’s Herbs failed to reasonably accommodate a budtender’s disabilities after she disclosed her disabilities to her manager and requested accommodation. When the employee

MIAMI – Lago Mar Properties, Inc., doing business as Lago Mar Resort & Beach Club (Lago Mar), a beachfront hotel and resort, agreed to settle a lawsuit under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, Lago Mar terminated an employee shortly after requesting leave to recover and grieve following a stillbirth during the fifth month

RENO, Nev. – Victra, the business name of ABC Phones of North Carolina and a nationwide retailer of Verizon mobile devices, violated federal law when it denied a worker’s request to leave new hire training early for an urgent medical evaluation related to her pregnancy and rescinded her job offer instead, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, a woman hired as a sales consultant

CLEVELAND – Glunt Industries, Inc. and Merit Capital Partners IV, LLC violated federal law when they engaged in classwide sex discrimination against women by failing to hire them for production jobs and discriminated against their former human resources director and other female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to Glunt’s website, Glunt Industries, Inc. is the most complete large-scale fabricating and machining operation in the United

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Operators of assisted living and skilled nursing facilities Country Club Retirement Center V, LLC, Holland Management, Inc., and Holland Management HZ, LLC, violated federal laws when they discriminated and retaliated against a former nursing aide, a disabled veteran, and engaged in classwide discrimination and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, the companies discriminated and retaliated against a female veteran who

SEATTLE – A building supply company doing business as Builders FirstSource north of the Seattle area violated federal law when it terminated a qualified worker’s assignment because of his age and the assumption that he had a physical impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed Monday.

Assigned by a third-party staffing company, the 67-year-old worker reported for his first day of work as an assembler at Builders FirstSource’s truss

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, will pay $175,000 and furnish other relief to settle disability discrimination lawsuits brought by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against three Walmart retail stores located in Statesville, Henderson, and Raleigh, North Carolina.  

Today the EEOC announced the resolution of three lawsuits filed to correct the unlawful practice of failing to provide intermittent leave as a reasonable accommodation:

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP,

PHOENIX – Walmart, Inc., the largest grocery store chain in the United States, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Walmart fired cashier Stevey Wiman from its Bullhead City, Arizona, location because she had seizures causing her to miss work. Walmart’s attendance policy allows for absences to be excused for disability

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits against two companies to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the federal agency announced today.

“Harassment in the workplace based on gender identity is sex discrimination, and it’s against the law,” said EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride. “Transgender people have the same rights as everyone else to be safe at work and to have their humanity respected. Employers who

ST. LOUIS –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits today alleging sexual harassment and retaliation for reporting harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“The EEOC is committed to promoting equal opportunity for all workers, and that includes removing barriers such as sexual harassment,” said Andrea G. Baran, regional attorney of the EEOC’s St. Louis office. “Unfortunately, some employers fail to adequately protect their employees from

DENVER – Mile Hi Companies, a group of businesses that distribute food and paper products, violated federal law when it issued and followed discriminatory hiring directives, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

According to the lawsuit, Mile Hi unlawfully denied employment opportunities to Black, female, and Afghan job applicants. The discriminatory directives came from the highest executive and included a handwritten note from the CEO not to hire

NEW ORLEANS – Oil field service companies Bigfoot Energy Services and Iron Mountain Energy Services, operating as a single employer, violated federal law by failing to prevent widespread sexual and racial harassment in their workforce, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Sept. 27.

According to the suit, the companies’ male employees frequently engaged in sexually demeaning conduct, including sharing pornographic images and making sexually offensive comments. Additionally, employees

BALTIMORE – Kurt Bluemel, a Baltimore County commercial nursery, failed to accommodate a pregnant worker who needed leave and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

According to the lawsuit, the pregnant worker requested maternity leave with the expectation that she would resume employment after giving birth. When she attempted to return to work, she was told that no work was available. However, the employer hired

BALTIMORE – GBMC Hospital violated federal law when it discriminated against a deaf employee because of disability and retaliated against her for asking for an accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, GBMC hired a registered nurse (RN) who is deaf to work at its main hospital. When GBMC learned that the RN is deaf after she requested accommodations, GBMC rescinded the offer of