A federal judge in Arkansas has refused to throw out the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit accusing a hospital system of discriminating against a male surgical technician by allowing two doctors to bar him from assisting...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Northwest Arkansas Hospitals, LLC
A three-judge Tenth Circuit panel has reversed a District of Kansas screening dismissal, holding that a pro se plaintiff alleging employment discrimination wasn’t obligated to plead equitable tolling facts in her complaint to survive...
Carr v. Sherwin Williams Manufacturing
Federal agency alleges company denied myasthenia gravis accommodation, then terminated employee
EEOC Sues Buc-ee’s, Ltd. for Disability Discrimination
Settlement resolves claims the Chicago-based medical group denied faith-based vaccine exemptions to employees in violation of Title VII.
Northwestern Medicine to Pay $325,000 to Resolve EEOC Religious Discrimination Charges
A federal judge in South Carolina has allowed a former employee’s age discrimination lawsuit against Walden University to proceed, rejecting the university’s objections to a magistrate judge’s recommendation.
Arboscello v. Walden University, LLC
A G G Equipment Company agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired dozens of workers for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine without considering religious or disability accommodations.
A G Equipment to Pay $4.25 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Charges Over COVID Vaccine-Related Mandate
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that the Bureau of Indian Education unlawfully discriminated against three federal employees by denying their requests for religious accommodations to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
EEOC Issues Federal Sector Appellate Decision Finding Unlawful Discrimination in Agency’s Denial of Religious Accommodation to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A federal magistrate judge in Texas ruled that an employment discrimination plaintiff’s petition is deemed filed on the date it was transmitted to the electronic filing service provider, not when the state clerk rejected it, preserving...
Haseloff-Bunker v. City of Angleton et al
The EEOC sued a Chick-fil-A franchisee for religious discrimination, alleging the company fired a manager who refused to work on her Sabbath.
EEOC Sues Hatch Trick, Inc. for Religious Discrimination
Restaurant operator agrees to $0.27 million payment and injunctive relief in case alleging harassment of young female workers, including minors
Applebee’s Operator to Pay $270,000 in EEOC Harassment Lawsuit Alleging Sexually Hostile Work Environment
A federal judge in Kansas has allowed a former property manager’s sex discrimination and housing discrimination claims to proceed against her employer, rejecting arguments that her allegations were too vague or conclusory to survive a...
Weekly v. NFI Apartment Management, LLC
A federal judge in Virginia ruled that the state’s human rights act protects employees who oppose their employer’s failure to provide pregnancy-related accommodations to coworkers, rejecting Volvo’s argument that only pregnant workers...
Lawton v. Volvo Group North America, LLC
Walmart will pay $0.23 million and provide injunctive relief to settle a disability hiring discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Wednesday.
Walmart to Pay $230,000 to Deaf Applicant in EEOC Disability Hiring Discrimination Suit
A federal judge in Washington denied the D.C. Housing Authority’s motion to dismiss a civil rights suit filed by former Special Police Officer Tyreem Fosque, allowing his claims of sexual orientation discrimination and retaliation to...
C.O. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Magnera Corporation will pay $0.13 million and enter a four-year consent decree to resolve an EEOC lawsuit alleging it discriminated against an employee by firing her after she failed to produce family medical leave paperwork she had not...
Magnera Corporation to Pay $130,000 in EEOC Disability Suit
The EEOC charged a construction services company with violating federal law by allowing anti-American slurs and harassment of U.S. workers at a New Mexico jobsite and retaliating against an employee who complained.
EEOC Sues Advanced Technology Group, Inc. for National Origin Discrimination and Retaliation
A federal appeals court reversed summary judgment for the Department of the Army in a sexual orientation discrimination case, finding that a co-worker’s homophobic slurs and a tainted investigation created genuine disputes of material fact.
Crowe v. Averill
A federal judge in Maryland granted a former Amtrak conductor’s motion to amend her complaint to include a duty of fair representation claim against her union, while dismissing her race and sex discrimination claims under Title VII as...
GAYNELL WILSON, Plaintiff, v. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN, Defendant.
A federal judge in Pennsylvania allowed a server’s Title VII sexual orientation discrimination claim to proceed, but dismissed his retaliation count for failing to exhaust administrative remedies.
BRAGG v. EAT N PARK HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC.
A federal judge held that Cook County waived its res judicata defense by twice declining to raise it, allowing a longtime public health nurse to proceed with her age-discrimination and FMLA claims.
Dunn v. Cook County et al
The Fifth Circuit affirmed judgment against an IT contractor's ADA claims, holding that in-person attendance remained an essential job function despite the employer's pandemic-era telework policy.
Hayes v. GStek
A federal magistrate judge refused to let a Burger King franchisor block four more hours of questioning of its chief operating officer in a Title VII class sexual-harassment case.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Genesh, Inc.
A federal judge in New Jersey allowed two new plaintiffs to replace the original class representatives, keeping alive a Title VII disparate impact suit over Walmart's criminal background screening practices.
RAMOS v. WALMART INC.
Menzies Aviation agreed to pay damages and overhaul its accommodation policies after the EEOC alleged it forced an employee to quit for requesting Sabbath leave.
Menzies Aviation to Pay $55,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Over Sabbath Scheduling Request
A federal judge ordered the Gallup-McKinley County school board to explain why its lawsuit challenging an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation should not be merged with two related enforcement actions.
Board of Education for The Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools v. Lucas et al
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges the news publisher passed over a white male editor for a promotion in favor of a less-qualified non-white woman to meet diversity goals.
EEOC Sues The New York Times for DEI-Related Race and Sex Discrimination
A Topeka police captain who filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the city now alleges it turned around and weaponized internal investigations against her in retaliation.
Cross v. Topeka, Kansas, City of
A utility worker fired in 2018 may have been misled by the state civil rights agency into believing she had already done everything the law required.
Kimberly Ballard v. Ameren Illinois Company
A restaurant owner allegedly followed a female manager into the women's bathroom, grabbed her around the waist and touched her buttocks, and told her he wanted to "smack that ass" — then effectively fired her when she refused to meet...
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Miller's Grill, Inc.
A Northern District of Alabama judge denied summary judgment to two related water filtration and plumbing companies in an ADA discrimination suit, ruling that genuine disputes of material fact exist regarding whether the entities should...
Campbell v. Skyward LLC
Metro Eighteen to Pay $70,098 in EEOC Race Discrimination Suit
Comfort Keepers Franchisee to Pay $324,200 to Resolve EEOC Charges of Pregnancy Discrimination and Unlawful Medical Inquiries
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reached a $600,000 settlement with Lori’s Gifts, Inc., resolving allegations that the nationwide hospital gift shop chain unlawfully screened out job candidates with disabilities.
Lori’s Gifts to Pay $600,000, Resolving EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss a gay former D.C. Housing Authority police officer's Title VII lawsuit alleging the agency fired him based on his sexual orientation after a colleague's sexual assault accusation that the...
FOSQUE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY et al
Smiths Detection Inc. agreed to pay $100,000 and provide significant remedial relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Smiths Detection Inc., to Pay $100,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said tire manufacturer The Carlstar Group, LLC has agreed to pay $300,000 and adopt new accommodation policies under a five-year consent decree resolving allegations that it denied...
A North Carolina federal court has ruled that a statutory provision governing federal law enforcement hiring ages operates as a statutory carve-out from the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, meaning agencies need not separately...
COX v. US TREASURY/ IRS
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Friday that Allied Services LLC, operating as Republic Services of the Ozarks, will pay $200,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit alleging the waste management company rejected a...
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a two-year consent decree resolving claims that Santa Clara-based HCL America rejected a 62-year-old Indian job applicant for a sales director role in favor of a younger...
A California federal magistrate judge has recommended remanding a disability-discrimination case to state court and awarding the plaintiff attorney's fees after concluding that snap-removal doctrine cannot establish diversity...
Serrato v. Westrock Services, LLC et al
The federal agency alleges Kroger's Houston-area grocery store stripped a checkout attendant of a three-year-old accommodation, then terminated her when she could not justify a leave she never sought.
EEOC Sues Kroger for Firing Employee with Disability After Stripping Her Of Existing Accommodation
A Bay St. Louis, Mississippi restaurant will pay significant monetary damages and implement policy changes after the EEOC alleged it fired a pregnant server less than a week into her job.
Cosmos Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
The federal agency charges that St. Vincent Hospital, which operates Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, violated the ADA by refusing to reassign an injured employee to a vacant receptionist role and then...
EEOC Sues St. Vincent Hospital for Disability Discrimination
The federal agency alleges the turkey giant fired a long-term employee for accruing attendance points tied to chemotherapy absences after her leave request was never processed.
EEOC Sues Butterball for Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act
The EEOC has filed suit against BestBet Jacksonville under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, alleging the company's rigid attendance policy pushed a class of pregnant employees out of their jobs rather than accommodating their medical...
EEOC Sues BestBet Jacksonville Under Pregnant Worker Fairness Act
The EEOC filed suit against Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), alleging the logistics company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to accommodate a temporary employee's sickle cell disorder and then...
EEOC Sues International Logistics Company for Disability Discrimination
A federal consent decree resolves EEOC claims that the Santa Clara-based tech consulting firm unlawfully screened out an older, Indian-descent sales director candidate in favor of "diverse" — meaning non-Indian — alternatives.
HCL America to Pay $495,000 in EEOC Age and National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit
The EEOC filed suit against a trucking company for allegedly forcing a Christian driver to choose between his faith and his job by refusing to accommodate his need to attend Sunday church services.
EEOC Sues Blue Eagle Contracting for Religious Discrimination
A waste management company allegedly told a female applicant that female drivers had not worked out in the past and that hiring her would require building a locker room — then rejected her in favor of a less-qualified man, according to...
Republic Services to Pay $200,000 in EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
The EEOC announced a $300,000 settlement with specialty tire and wheel manufacturer The Carlstar Group after suing the company, alleging it fired employees who were lawfully taking prescription narcotics and opioids to treat disabilities.
The Carlstar Group to Pay $300,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit