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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a lawsuit against staffing giant Administaff, Inc. and Conn-X, LLC, which provides cable service in the Baltimore metropolitan area, for engaging in religious discrimination against employees.

A Charlotte, N.C.-based equipment rental company will pay $64,641 to settle a religious harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just days before the case was scheduled for a jury trial, the agency announced today. The EEOC had sued Sunbelt Rentals, Inc., the nationwide commercial rental company, on behalf of a Muslim worker who was allegedly discriminated against because of his Islamic faith at a company facility in Gaithersburg, Md.

Woman Fired for Observing Her Sabbath, Federal Agency Charges

   

DALLAS — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an employment discrimination suit against Cinram Wireless, L.L.C., a Fort Worth-based CD and DVD manufacturer, for failing to accommodate an employee's schedule so that she could observe her Sabbath, and then firing her. 

     

According to the EEOC's suit, Cinram Wireless, L.L.C. initially allowed Eunice Arredondo, a

Aaron Rents Franchisee Fired Jehovah's Witness for Religious Objection to 'Red Shirt Fridays,' Federal Agency Charges

     

DALLAS – Denton, Texas-based Alliance Rental Center, L.P., which operates an Aaron Rents franchise in Bridgeport, Texas, violated federal law by firing a product technician when he declined to participate in the company's "Red Shirt Friday" dress code, a store practice intended to show support for the U.S. military, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

     

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.– National clothing retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch, doing business as Abercrombie Kids, allegedly discriminated against a 17-year-old Muslim by refusing to hire her because she wore a hijab, or head scarf, in observance of her sincerely held religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in discrimination lawsuit filed today in federal court. 

According to the EEOC's suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern

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

Ambulance Service Fired Jehovah's Witness Employee for Refusing to Participate in Halloween Carnival, Federal Agency Charges

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – A Bowman, S.C.-based ambulance service illegally fired an emergency medical technician, who is a Jehovah's Witness, for refusing to participate in a Halloween carnival, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a religious discrimination lawsuit it filed today.

     

According to the EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 5:09-cv-02391 in U.S. District Court

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

Puerto Rico's Largest Medical Facility Unlawfully Fired Nurse Because He Refused to Disobey His Religion, Federal Agency Charged

     

SAN JUAN, P.R. – Puerto Rico's largest medical center violated federal law when it refused to accommodate a male nurse's religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.  Further, the EEOC said, Hospital Auxilio Mutuo unlawfully suspended and fired the employee because of his religion.

 

Caribbean Rastafarian Employees Treated Unfairly, Federal Agency Charged

     

NEW YORK – Grand Central Partnership, Inc. (GCP) has agreed to settle a religious and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  GCP was created by Midtown Manhattan property owners and businesses to revitalize the neighborhood surrounding Grand Central Terminal and it provides privately managed sanitation, maintenance and public safety operations.

     

Stylist Fired Because of Refusal to Work on Sabbath, Federal Agency Charged

     

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Regis Corporation, doing business as SmartStyle, will pay $26,250 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

           

The EEOC's suit (No. 3:08-0821, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee) had charged that

EEOC Prevails in Jury Verdict and Subsequent Appeal for Two Customer Service Technicians Fired for Attending Jehovah's Witness Convention

     

JONESBORO, Ark. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a Satisfaction of Judgment was entered in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Jonesboro Division, in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the federal agency against communications giant AT&T, Inc. on behalf of two male customer service

Settlement With White Hall Nursing Includes Monetary and Other Relief

LITTLE  ROCK, Ark. – White Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center,  an elder-care facility in White Hall,  Ark., will pay $24,000 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. 5:08-cv-00185, filed in U.S. District Court  for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division) charged that White  Hall denied

Christian Emergency Services Supervisory Officer Denied Religious Accommodation and Subjected to Harassment at Keystone Resort, Federal Agency Charged

DENVER – The Vail Corporation, which operates ski resorts in Vail and Keystone, Colo., will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious and gender discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC v. The Vail Corporation, 07-cv-02035-REB-KLM, Lisa Marie Cornwell

Driver is Given Damages and Sabbath Accommodations

MEMPHIS -- United Parcel Service (UPS) will offer monetary damages and religious accommodations to a 19-year employee at UPS's Bartlett, Tenn., facility to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

     

The lawsuit, EEOC v. UPS, Inc. (Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-02576 filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee), charged UPS violated federal law

EEOC Said Company Refused to Allow Employee to Attend Sunday Church Services

     

NEWARK, N.J. – Oil Company ConocoPhillips has agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

     

In the suit (Civil No.07-6045 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New Jersey in Newark), the EEOC had charged that ConocoPhillips discriminated against Clarence Taylor, a

Muslim Denied Time Off for Pilgrimage to Mecca, Federal Agency Charged

     

NASHVILLE -- Southern Hills Medical    Center 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  agency announced today.

             

The  EEOC’s suit (No. 3:07-cv-00976, filed  in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee) had charged  that Southern

Prayer Breaks Sought by Muslim Employees to be Instituted;
Total of $365,000 to be Paid, Job Offers Made in Two Cases

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today  that Magistrate Judge Jeanne J. Graham of the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.,  has ordered final approval of consent decrees settling two religious  discrimination lawsuits brought by the EEOC against a leading St. Cloud,  Minn.-based chicken processor, Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc

   

Orrington Firm Subjected Employees to Sexual Advances and Scientology Indoctrination and Fired Those Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged

         

CHICAGO – A Chicago dental practice will pay $462,500 to settle a class sexual and religious harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that James L. Orrington, D.M.D., Ltd. discriminated against 18 employees by

Appellate Court Declines to Review Jury Verdict in EEOC Religious Bias Case On Behalf of Jehovah's Witnesses

           

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal appeals court has declined to review a jury verdict in an EEOC religious discrimination case against telecommunications giant AT&T.  The decision by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the jury finding that AT&T unlawfully discriminated against

Prayer Breaks Sought by Muslim Employees to be Instituted; Total of $365,000 to be Paid in Two Cases

     

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that a federal district court in St. Paul, Minn., recently approved consent decrees that settle two religious discrimination lawsuits against a leading St. Cloud, Minn.-based chicken processor, Gold'n Plump Poultry, Inc., and an employment agency, The Work Connection, which referred workers to it.

EEOC Settles Suit on Behalf of Class of Enrollment Counselors in Online Division

 

PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that Federal District Court Judge  Mary H. Murguia has entered a consent decree for nearly $2 million and  significant remedial relief to resolve a class religious discrimination lawsuit  against the University  of Phoenix, Inc., and its  parent corporation, Apollo Group, Inc.

Apollo Group and the University  of Phoenix are one

New Compliance Manual Section Addresses Wide Range of Contemporary Workplace Issues

   

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) today issued a new Compliance Manual Section regarding workplace discrimination on the basis of religion.

           

The Section includes a comprehensive review of the relevant provisions of Title VII  of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the EEOC’s policies regarding religious  discrimination, harassment and accommodation.  The