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ST. LOUIS – Cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company’s Collinsville, Illinois facility to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, at least as early as February 2021, the Collinsville facility manager and other male employees continually harassed female employees, including touching, sexual comments, sexual advances, requests for sexual relations, and

BALTIMORE – Ourisman Edgewood I, Inc., trading as Ourisman Toyota 40, and parent company Ourisman Cars Management Company, LLC, which owns and operates approximately 50 car dealerships in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., violated federal employment law by failing to take effective remedial action in response to racial harassment of car salesmen, according to a new lawsuit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the suit, after a finance manager at

LOS ANGELES – Justin Vineyards & Winery LLC, a Paso Robles, California winery featuring a Michelin-starred restaurant, tasting rooms and accommodations and global food and beverage company The Wonderful Company LLC, will pay $1.49 million and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least August 2017, the companies allowed a

HOUSTON – Ayvaz Pizza, LLC, doing business as Pizza Hut, which operates more than 350 Pizza Hut restaurants around the country, including multiple locations in the Houston area, will pay $35,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a former female assistant manager of a Pizza Hut restaurant in Porter, Texas

CHICAGO – Planned Parenthood of Illinois (Planned Parenthood) violated federal law when they segregated employees by race, subjected white employees to harassment, and engaged in disparate treatment against white employees regarding terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found as part of a class investigation into charges brought by multiple Planned Parenthood employees.

According to the EEOC’s reasonable cause findings, Planned Parenthood had mandatory “affinity caucuses” that were segregated

WASHINGTON – Epiq Food Hall Woodbridge, LLC, which owned and operated a food hall in Woodbridge, Virginia, will pay $54,000 and provide other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Epiq’s black general manager faced racial harassment from the company’s owner, who frequently made derogatory comments about black customers and employees, calling them “ignorant,” “ghetto,” and

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Louisville Comedy Club will pay $372,500 in monetary relief and furnish extensive injunctive relief to resolve a finding of sex discrimination and retaliation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a conciliation agreement, the federal agency announced today.

The conciliation follows an EEOC investigation into charges where the agency found that employees were subjected to sexual harassment by a manager. The investigation also found that the club failed to comply

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – JACO Coach Company, LLC, a Louisville transportation company, entered into a public conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a sexual harassment charge, the federal agency announced today.

In the charge, a former employee alleged that during her employment she was subjected to sexual harassment and unwanted touching around January 2024 by a male coworker. The EEOC determined there was reasonable cause to believe the company violated

TAMPA, Fla. – Rivers Edge Enterprises, LLC, doing business as River’s Edge Bar and Grill in Gibsonton, Florida, will pay $65,000 to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that one of the restaurant’s owners, who owns the bar with two of his brothers, would engage in sexually charged behavior; ask women about sexual acts; show

FLINT, Mich. – Mid-Michigan Home Health & Hospice LLC, an in-home health care provider of bathing assistance to clients in central Michigan, violated federal law when it did not assign home visits in Grand Blanc, Michigan to a black certified nurse assistant (CNA) because of her race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Mid-Michigan hired a black female as a CNA in April

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – StoneMor, Inc., a cemetery and funeral management company, violated federal law when it discriminated against black employees, and retaliated against a supervisor after failing to stop complaints about racial discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, StoneMor managers at a Memphis location restricted all black employees from a breakroom while allowing access to white employees. The company also fired a

DALLAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the filing of an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena issued during its investigation of allegations that Genuine Parts Company, which does business as NAPA Auto Parts, violated federal law by subjecting black job candidates to employment discrimination on the basis of their race.

Genuine Parts is an international service provider and distributor of automotive and industrial parts headquartered in Atlanta.

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ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the federal agency filed an action in federal court to compel NIKE, Inc. to produce information related to allegations that the company discriminated against white workers, including as a result of NIKE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related 2025 Targets and other DEI-related objectives.

According to the EEOC’s court filing, the agency is investigating systemic allegations of DEI-related intentional race discrimination, specifically that NIKE

MINDEN, La. – Minden Seafood, LLC, and Dorcheat Seafood, LLC, operators of restaurants Minden Seafood and Dorcheat Seafood and Grill, will pay a former employee $34,000 in back pay and emotional distress damages to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a male cook at Minden Seafood repeatedly sexually harassed a female cashier by making unwanted and inappropriate

LOS ANGELES – Santa Maria, California-based produce processing company Fresh Venture Foods, LLC and its sales and marketing companies Gold Coast Packing, Inc. and Babé Farms, Inc., will pay $900,000 and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle class claims raised in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that since at least 2016, male employees of Fresh Venture Foods and

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), a leading supply chain logistics services provider headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, will pay $640,000 and provide other relief to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, around November 2021, a female DHL employee complained to three supervisors that she was being sexually harassed by an operations manager and requested

OKLAHOMA CITY – Arch Fellow North, LLC, owner and operator of eight McDonald’s restaurants in eastern Oklahoma, will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a teenage worker, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an adult male supervisor sexually harassed the teenage worker for about a month in November 2021. When

SALT LAKE CITY – Franchise Management, LLC, a company operating over 20 Subway stores within Utah, will pay $150,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, a male district manager who oversaw several Subway locations sexually harassed a teenage male worker, culminating in forcible sexual abuse. For months, the manager made sexual comments

DETROIT – Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells, operators of several Taco Bell restaurants in the metropolitan Detroit area, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Sundance and Black River Bells employed an area coach who exercised managerial control over several of their Taco Bell locations. For months in 2022, he

MIAMI – Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (KFC) agreed to conciliate a sexual hostile work environment and retaliation charge involving two employees at an Orlando KFC location with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

During the EEOC’s charge investigation, the agency found reasonable cause to believe KFC violated federal law by subjecting an employee to a sexually hostile work environment and then firing her in January 2022 in retaliation for

MILWAUKEE – United Pride Dairy LLC, a dairy farm in Phillips, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it subjected three employees of Mexican origin to disparate treatment in the terms and conditions of employment, and also subjected a female employee to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, United Pride promised three Mexican nationals professional and/or management positions when they were hired and submitted

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal court ordered Vallarta Food Enterprises, Inc., and related companies, a supermarket chain with approximately 80 locations in Central and Southern California, to fully comply with subpoenas the agency issued in September 2024 relating to Commissioner-initiated charges.

Specifically, the charge alleged that Vallarta Supermarkets failed or refused to recruit, hire, or promote individuals based on their race (white, black, and/or Asian)

SEATTLE – Target Market Enterprises, Inc. (TME), a franchise owner of Little Caesars restaurants in Western Washington, violated federal law when it allowed employees to use derogatory terms targeting African American employees at its Mount Vernon, Washington location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit filed on Sept. 30, TME was aware of, but failed to stop employees from using racial slurs targeting African

ENCINITAS, Calif. – Swami’s Café, a chain of casual breakfast and lunch service restaurants in San Diego County, and the casual restaurant Honey’s Bistro will pay $650,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a class of young women, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, beginning as early as 2019, nine locations of the