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EEOC Sues Walmart For Religious Discrimination

Walmart Inc. and Walmart Stores East, LP violated federal law when they refused a Christian employee's request not to work from sundown Fridays to sundown Saturdays so he could observe the Sabbath as his religion requires, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 27, 2018

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EEOC Sues Hackensack Meridian Health  For Religious Discrimination

Hackensack Meridian Health, a New Jersey health care network, violated federal law when a manager engaged in the harassment of a Catholic employee because of the employee's religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 16, 2018

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EEOC Sues Alden Short and Hinson Jennings For  Harassment of Hispanic Employees

Alden Short, Inc., a property management company headquartered in Dallas, and its subsidiary Hinson Jennings, LLC, violated federal law when they subjected three Hispanic employees to a hostile work environment because of their national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
August 15, 2018

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EEOC Sues Halliburton For  National Origin and Religious Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced today that it has filed suit against energy giant Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. for subjecting two employees to national origin and religious discrimination. The EEOC's suit also charged that Halliburton unlawfully retaliated against one of the employees by firing him for reporting the mistreatment of employees.
July 3, 2018

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J.C. Witherspoon To Pay $53,000 To Settle  EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

J.C. Witherspoon, Jr. Inc., an Alcolu, S.C.-based logging company, will pay $53,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged that J.C. Witherspoon violated federal law when it refused to accommodate a truck driver's religious belief and fired him because of his Hebrew Pentecostal religion.
June 20, 2018

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Blue Moon Diner Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination

Farmington Diner Refused Muslim Employee's Request to Wear Head Scarf, Federal Agency Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Blue Moon Diner LLC, in Farmington, violated federal law by subjecting a Muslim woman to religious discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

In its suit, the EEOC charges that the diner failed to accommodate employee Samantha Bandy's request to work while wearing a hijab, a head scarf worn by Muslim

June 19, 2018

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Aviation Port Services Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination and Retaliation

Aviation Port Services, LLC, a Sumner, Wash.-based nationwide provider of support services to airlines, violated federal law when it fired several employees because of their requests for religious accommodations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
May 7, 2018

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Jury Awards $5.1 Million For Workers in EEOC Religious Discrimination Case Against United Health Programs of America, Inc. And Cost Containment Group, Inc.

Following a three-week trial, on April 25, a unanimous Brooklyn federal jury found that United Health Programs of America, Inc, which provides discount medical plans, and its parent Cost Containment Group, Inc. ("CCG"), violated federal law by coercing 10 employees to engage in religious practices at work and by creating a hostile work environment for nine of them. The jury also found CCG violated federal law by firing one employee, Faith Pabon, who opposed these practices.
April 26, 2018

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Memorial Healthcare Sued by EEOC  For Religious Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today that a health care provider in Owosso, Mich., violated federal law when it rescinded a job offer because of the applicant's religion and need for a religious accommodation.
February 14, 2018

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XPO Last Mile Will Pay $94,541 To Settle  EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

XPO Last Mile, Inc., a logistics company that specializes in the delivery of items such as office furniture, home furnishings and fitness equipment, will pay $94,541 and furnish significant relief to settle a federal religious discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
January 30, 2018

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EEOC Releases Fiscal Year 2017 Enforcement  And Litigation Data

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the federal agency nationwide during fiscal year (FY) 2017, and secured $398 million for victims in the private sector and state and local government workplaces through voluntary resolutions and litigation. The comprehensive enforcement and litigation statistics for FY 2017, which ended Sept. 30, 2017, are posted on the agency's website.
January 25, 2018

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Reliable Nissan Agrees to Settle EEOC Race, Religion and National Origin Harassment Case

Reliable Inc., doing business as Reliable Nissan, along with other entities involved in operating the Albuquerque car dealership, has agreed to settle charges of discrimination based on race, national origin, and religion, along with retaliation, that were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
October 11, 2017

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Versant Supply Chain and AT&T Engaged in Religious Discrimination, EEOC Charges

Versant Supply Chain, Inc., a logistics company based in Memphis, and AT&T Services, Inc., a Dallas-based communications, media and entertainment, and technology company, violated federal law by promulgating and enforcing dress code policies, which interfere with employees' religious rights, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 28, 2017

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Raley's Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination

Sacramento, Calif.-based supermarket chain Raley's violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee's request for work hours that did not conflict with her religious worship and then firing her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a workplace discrimination lawsuit it filed today.
September 27, 2017

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EEOC Sues Publix Super Markets  For Religious Discrimination

Florida-based grocer Publix Super Markets, Inc. violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee with dreadlocks he wore in accordance with his sincerely held religious belief in Rastafarianism, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.
September 27, 2017

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Georgia Blue Sued By EEOC For Rescinding Job Offer To Employee Who Needed Religious Accommodation

Georgia Blue, LLC, a chain of restaurants specializing in a blend of Southern and Creole foods in Flowood, Madison, Hattiesburg, and Brookhaven, Miss., violated federal law by rescinding a job offer to a female employee who requested to wear a skirt instead of pants in accordance with her religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
September 25, 2017

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EEOC Sues Pizza Studio Restaurant Owner for Violating Equal Pay Act

A Delaware company that until recently operated a Pizza Studio restaurant in Kansas City, Kan., and still owns other restaurants nationwide, violated federal law by withdrawing job offers from two teens after the woman complained about being offered less pay than her male friend, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 5, 2017

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EEOC Sues MVM, Inc. for Racial Harassment, Religious Discrimination and Retaliation

MVM Inc., an Ashburn, Va.-based diversified security services firm, violated federal law when it stopped accommodating a security guard's religious beliefs and disciplined him in retaliation for his complaint about racial harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com­mission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
July 20, 2017

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EEOC Sues XPO Last Mile for Religious Discrimination

XPO Last Mile, Inc., a logistics company that specializes in the delivery of items such as office furniture, home furnishings and fitness equipment, violated federal law when it refused to hire someone who could not work on Rosh Hashanah due to his religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
May 16, 2017

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Decostar Industries Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination

Decostar Industries, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of automotive parts based in Carrollton, Ga., violated federal law by discriminating against an employee because of her religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
April 26, 2017

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U.S. Steel Subsidiary to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

A Houston manufacturing facility has agreed to pay $150,000 and to provide other significant relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged in its suit that U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. (USSTP), a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, violated federal law by revoking a worker's job offer because of his religion and in retaliation for insisting that his religious practices be accommodated. USSTP denied the allegations.
April 10, 2017