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ATLANTA – Del Frisco’s of Georgia, LLC, a restaurant located in Atlanta, violated federal law by firing a server when her religious beliefs conflicted with her work schedule, the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, beginning in January 2019, the employee requested and was granted an accommodation of not working on Tuesday evenings and Sunday mornings so she could attend prayer and church

MILWAUKEE – A Waukesha, Wisconsin construction and commercial real estate renovation company will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for racial harassment and retaliation brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC said Giertsen Company of Wisconsin, doing business as Giertsen Restoration, violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for African American employees, including the use of racial slurs and racial

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Konos, Inc., a Michigan-based egg producer, will pay $175,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged that Konos violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a sexually hostile work environ­ment and retaliating against her because she complained.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a male supervisor repeatedly made sexual

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana restaurant admitted that it violated federal law when it fired and then later refused to rehire a worker because she was pregnant as part of federal court resolution with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the EEOC announced today. 

Bourne’s House, LLC, doing business as Bourne’s House Restaurant in Franklinton, Louisiana, and the EEOC resolved the pregnancy discrimination lawsuit through a consent decree, which was approved on May 26, 2022

BALTIMORE – Lindsay Ford and Lindsay Ford Management Company, an automobile dealership in Wheaton, Maryland, will pay $105,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to settle a race/national origin/sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a car salesman of South Asian descent was continuously sub­jected to race- and national origin-based harassment by the dealership’s general manager, which escalated to sexual touching

ATLANTA – Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation, a public hospital in Atlanta, violated federal law by failing to accommodate its employee’s disability and then firing her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a recently filed lawsuit.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the employee requested approximately five weeks of leave from work due to a medical condition. The EEOC alleges that the employee attempted to return from leave as scheduled

TAMPA, Fla. – RREMC, LLC, doing business as Denny’s Restaurant, a Florida-based company and the third-largest Denny’s franchisee in the United States, has agreed to pay $45,000 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, RREMC violated federal law when a Mexican employee at its Brandon, Florida restaurant was subjected to a hostile work environment based on

MIAMI – Presidente Supermarket No. 31, Inc., a Miami supermarket, has agreed to pay $75,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Presidente violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her pregnancy. The woman worked in the cafeteria and learned she was pregnant, sharing the news with her co-workers

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) each released a technical assistance document about disability discrimination when employers use artificial intelligence (AI) and other software tools to make employment decisions.

Employers increasingly use AI and other software tools to help them select new employees, monitor performance, and determine pay or promotions. Employers may give computer-based tests to applicants or use computer software to score applicants’

PHOENIX – RCC Partners, LLC, doing business as sandwich shop Subway 701 in Buckeye, Arizona, will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Subway 701 hired a young man in 2019 after his mother explained to the restaurant that he needed accommodations because of his autism and ADHD. The EEOC said

DALLAS – North Richland Hills, Texas-based 151 Coffee will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, 151 Coffee closed all its locations in April 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company sent an email to all employees at the end of April announcing reopening of stores in May and

NEW YORK – Three integrated companies providing English-language tutoring services to students in China under the “iTutorGroup” brand name violated federal law by programming its online recruitment software to automatically reject older applicants because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

iTutorGroup, Inc., Shanghai Ping’An Intelligent Education Technology Co., Ltd., and Tutor Group Limited (collectively, iTutorGroup) hire thousands of tutors based in the United States each

JACKSONVILLE – DLS Engineering Associates, LLC, a federal contractor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, DLS offered a woman a position as an engineering logistics analyst in Jacksonville, Florida. After she told the company’s vice president that she was five months pregnant, he rescinded

CHICAGO – S&C Electric Company, a designer and manufacturer of switching and control products for power transmission and distribution headquartered in Chicago, will pay $315,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a principal designer who worked at S&C for over 52 years was diagnosed with cancer and later sustained a broken hip

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Agropur, Inc., a dairy processor and U.S. subsidiary of Canadian-based Agropur Cooperative, will pay $79,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged that Agropur violated federal law at its Grand Rapids, Michigan plant by failing to provide an employee with a disability with a reasonable accommodation, which resulted in her discharge

NEW YORK – Hillstone Restaurant Group, Inc. violated federal law by denying employment to applicants age 40 and over for front-of-house positions at its two New York City locations because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

Hillstone Restaurant Group is a private, family-owned company which operates approximately 40 upscale restaurants across the country under various brand names, including Hillstone.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, despite

NEW YORK – Cassone Leasing, Inc., a Ronkonkoma, Long Island-based company that leases and sells office trailers and storage containers, will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Cassone summarily dismissed an employee upon learning that she was pregnant. Cassone hired the employee in early April 2018, when she was approximately

INDIANAPOLIS – Heart of CarDon, a Bloomington, Indiana-based senior living community, will pay $115,000 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, Heart of CarDon determined an employee could no longer perform the essential functions of her certified nursing assistant job due to lifting restrictions resulting from a work injury. Though the employee expressed interest

MINNEAPOLIS – North Memorial Health violated civil rights law when it failed to hire an applicant who is deaf because of her disability and failed to provide her a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in Minnesota today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the individual applied for a greeter position in July 2020 at North Memorial Health, which is a health care provider that operates two hospitals

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Georgia-based Community Loans of America, Inc. and its subsidiary, Carolina Title Loans, Inc., violated federal law by subjecting an employee to a racially hostile work environment, by failing to accommodate her disability, and by firing her because of that disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 

According to the EEOC’s complaint, from approximately August 2019 through September 2019, the branch manager of the employer’s operations

CHICAGO – Long John Silver’s will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that Long John Silver’s violated federal law when it subjected a teenage female employee at its Centralia, Illinois restaurant to sexual harassment. The federal agency said that the company failed to stop harassment by two adult male managers and retaliated

DALLAS – Stevens Transport, the largest refrigerated trucking company in Texas, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an applicant applied to work for Stevens Transport in the Mesquite, Texas facility in August 2019. He was contacted by a recruiter and brought in for interview. During his interview, the applicant was asked

NEWARK, N.J. – Saint Clare’s Health, a division of Prime Healthcare Services that operates two hospitals in Morris County, New Jersey, will pay $77,550 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 the EEOC’s lawsuit, Saint Clare’s Health hired a pregnant candidate to file a per diem EMS dispatcher position at its Dover, New Jersey facility. A few

MILWAUKEE – Pensec, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation which operates nine McDonald’s fast food restaurants, will pay $31,137 and furnish other relief to resolve a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Pensec failed or refused to hire Black applicants because of their race. Unsuccessful black applicants at the location were told the store manager, “Don’t like n-----s,” and that the store