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HOUSTON - Champion Fiberglass, Inc. ("Champion"), a Houston-area manufacturing company, has settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks entered a consent decree on April 17, 2020, requiring Champion to pay $225,000 to compensate a class of non-Hispanic applicants and job-seekers who were prohibited from applying for a laborer position. The consent decree

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today posted an updated and expanded technical assistance publication addressing questions arising under the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

The publication, "What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws" expands on a previous publication that focused on the ADA and Rehabilitation Act, and adds questions-and-answers to anticipating return to work

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Army Sustainment, LLC violated federal law when it required employees to discontinue taking medications prescribed by their physicians to treat their disabilities as a condition of maintaining their employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

From 2003 to 2018, Army Sustainment was a government contractor providing aviation main­tenance support to the United States Aviation Center and United States Air Force at Fort Rucker, Ala

DETROIT - United Precision Products Co., Inc., a supplier of aerospace components based in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified older applicant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, a 64-year-old, qualified applicant was referred by a staffing agency for a vacant position with United Precision.  During the interview with United Precision, the company's plant superintendent then asked

DENVER - A Chili's restaurant in Cañon City, Colo., will pay $150,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit charging sex-based harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, five female servers and hostesses were subjected to sexual harassment, including pervasive sexual comments and innuendo between 2015 and 2017. The EEOC charged that the restaurant failed to take preventative or corrective

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Andrew F. Maunz has been sworn in as its legal counsel, overseeing internal and external policy for the nation's leading civil rights agency.

"I am thrilled that Drew will continue to lend his policy background and expertise to the EEOC in his new role as legal counsel," said EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon. "His experience in the area of employment law and background working

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Great Rentals and Events, LLC, a special events company which provides services for weddings and corporate functions, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to a hostile work environment based on her sex and then fired her when she brought the harassment to the attention of management, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the company owner

SEATTLE - Two resorts near the Columbia River in Carson, Wash., have agreed to pay $570,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. This is the agency's second lawsuit and second settlement of sex harassment claims against Bonneville Hot Springs, Inc. and its owner.

According to the lawsuit, female employees at both Bonneville Hot Springs and Carson Hot

FRESNO - Sunridge Nurseries, Inc., a grower in the grapevine nursery stock industry, has agreed to pay $237,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 

The EEOC's lawsuit alleged that Sunridge failed to re-hire a group of Filipino seasonal farm workers in retaliation for having complained about national origin/race discrimination. Some of these workers were long term employees.

Such alleged conduct violates Title VII

NEW YORK - Baccarat, Inc., which operates a retail store in Manhattan that sells luxury products made of crystal, violated federal law by tolerating race-based and disability-based harassment of an African American employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC's complaint, Baccarat staff made derogatory and offensive comments on a near-daily basis about the employee's race. Also, the two harassing co-workers re­peatedly made un­founded, derogatory

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today posted an updated and expanded technical assistance publication addressing questions arising under the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Laws related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The publication, "What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws" expands on a previous publication that focused on the ADA and Rehabilitation Act, and adds questions-and-answers to respond to common inquiries.

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INDIANAPOLIS - LTI Services, LLC, a staffing agency which serves the northern Indiana and Chicago areas, violated federal law by refusing to hire qualified female applicants as receiving associates because of their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, LTI refused to hire women for a receiving associate position for one of its clients, Tire Rack. The EEOC said that women who had