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BUFFALO, N.Y. – James Cars of Hamburg, LLC, doing business as James Mitsubishi Hamburg, and its parent company, James Auto Management LLC, will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the general manager of the Hamburg dealership and two other dealerships owned by the parent company in Rome and Greece, N.Y., made numerous

BALTIMORE -- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a major restaurant chain, will pay $15,000 and provide significant equitable 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, an applicant who is deaf applied online for the position of dishwasher. When he appeared for his scheduled interview at the restaurant’s Linthicum Heights, Md., store, however, he was turned away

DETROIT – Traverse City restaurant Georgina’s LLC, and its successor, Anthony’s Little G’s, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that Georgina’s owner repeatedly made lewd sexual comments to a female sous chef. The agency alleged that when the sous chef complained to a manager, the owner stripped her of authority

LAS VEGAS – Official Security, a Las Vegas-based security company, has settled a federal charge of race discrimination filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The charge made to the EEOC alleged that Official Security violated federal law when it failed to allow a Black applicant to apply for a vacant position due to her ethnic hairstyle, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of

NEW ORLEANS – The former operators of a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Monroe, La., will pay $400,000 and provide extensive non-monetary relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The former operators of the hotel — Aimbridge Hospitality, LLC and AH 2007 Management, LP (collect­ively, Aimbridge) — are based in Plano, Tex., and manage hotels nationally and internationally.

According to the

DENVER – Fagerberg Produce, Inc. has agreed to conciliate discrimination charges involving sexual harassment and retaliation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com­mission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that a former manager at Fagerberg Produce subjected employees to unwelcome sexual harassment, retaliation, and/or different terms and conditions of their work environment. Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.

Fagerberg Produce has agreed to

ORLANDO, Fla. – Pirtek USA LLC, a fluid power system company based in Rockledge, Fla., has agreed to pay $85,000 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.

The EEOC charged that Pirtek violated federal law by firing an employee because of a perceived disability. In late 2015, the employee was hospitalized for several weeks with pancreatitis, acute respir­atory

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that, effective Feb. 1, it will begin using a new software system (“the 2021 system”) to receive and process Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and appeals, replacing the system it has used since 2015.

As part of EEOC's ongoing commitment to transparency and accountability, FOIA requesters will continue to be able to monitor their requests and appeals online and exchange correspondence and documents

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the conclusion of two six-month pilot programs relating to the agency’s conciliation and mediation efforts.  The two pilots were announced in July 2020 and originally set to last six months.

“I strongly support the prompt and voluntary resolution of discrimination charges whenever doing so is consistent with our mission,” said EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows.  “The Commission will continue to strengthen its conciliation and

ATLANTA – Gentiva Health Services, doing business as Kindred at Home, a provider of home health services including nursing and rehabilitation assistance, will pay $160,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged that Kindred learned that one of its employees suffered from Morton’s neuroma and capsulitis of the metatarsophalangeal joints of both feet. The employee initially asked to

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Awon Phie LLC, doing business as the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Corpus Christi, violated federal law when it fired a temporary employee placed by a staffing company because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company’s operations manager told an employee that she noticed her stomach, referring to her being pregnant. The company’s operations

TAMPA – Excel Hospitality Group LLC, doing business as Regency Park Assisted Living & Memorial Care, an assisted living facility in Eustis, Fla., will pay $39,000 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 EEOC’s suit, Regency Park offered a woman a position as a caregiver. While she was in the process of filling out paperwork, the

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Biden has named Commissioner Charlotte A. Burrows Chair of the EEOC and Commissioner Jocelyn Samuels Vice Chair of the EEOC.  

Burrows has served as an EEOC Commissioner since 2015, having been initially nominated by President Barack Obama. In 2019 she was re-nominated and unanimously confirmed for a second term ending in 2023.

“I am deeply honored to be chosen by President

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the appointment of Kimberly S. L. Essary as deputy chief data officer, a key Senior Executive Service mana­gerial position at the federal agency.

Essary will provide executive leadership and manage a full range of program activities within the EEOC’s Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA), including data management and governance, the collection and analysis of mission-critical data and information and the recommendation of

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it secured a record amount of recovery for victims of discrimination while continuing to provide vital services to the public through the COVID-19 pandemic during fiscal year 2020, which ended Sept. 30, 2020. The EEOC detailed its accomplishments in its Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Perfor­mance Report (APR) published today.

In the APR the EEOC reports on its progress in achieving the goals and

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved revisions to EEOC’s Compliance Manual Section on Religious Discrimination (“Manual”). The Manual was approved by the Commission on January 15th by a 3-2 vote.

The updated guidance describes in what ways Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII) protects individuals from religious discrimination in the workplace and sets forth the legal protections available to religious employers.

On Nov. 9, the

FLORENCE, S.C. – Surfside Realty Co., Inc., which manages vacation rental properties and homeowner associations throughout coastal South Carolina, violated federal law when it fired a long-term employee because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed Friday.

According to the EEOC’s complaint, the 81-year-old employee had worked for Surfside for over 25 years when she was discharged and replaced by a much younger person. Prior to firing

WASHINGTON – Cheryl Mabry has been appointed Director of State, Local, and Tribal Programs for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Mabry will lead the coordination of efforts between EEOC and more than 90 Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs). FEPAs receive and investigate discrimination claims that are dual-filed under state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination, as well as federal laws enforced by EEOC. In addition, she will direct

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved yesterday a Resolution Concerning the Commission’s Authority to Commence or Intervene in Litigation, and Revised Procedures for Commission Approval of Amicus Curiae Participation. The litigation delegation was approved by a 3-2 vote, and the amicus curiae revisions by a 5-0 vote.  

Pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Congress gave the Commission authority to commence or intervene in

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the Commission approved a formal opinion letter in response to a request asking for clarity regarding whether employees who are not U.S. citizens and work outside of the United States for American employers (or foreign firms controlled by American employers) are required to be included in disclosure requirements pursuant to provisions of the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), which amended the Age