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BALTIMORE – Sinclair Broadcast Group, a nationwide broadcasting company, will pay $100,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Sinclair subjected a black female employee, a financial analyst, to unlawful pay discrimination and was constructively discharged because of her race. Despite her strong work performance at the company, she was undercompensated compared to other

FORT WORTH, Texas – TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc., one of the largest crane service providers in North America, will pay $525,000 and furnish other relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, four black employees of TNT Crane were subjected to a hostile work environment by their co-workers and supervisors, including frequent use of racial slurs, open display of

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a trio of lawsuits today charging that three Black employees were subjected to race discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. One lawsuit also included a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and another included a claim of sex discrimination.

“Sixty years after the passage of Title VII, it remains more important than ever to ensure that

ODESSA, Texas – Liberty Energy, Inc., que opera como Liberty Oilfield Services, LLC, pagará $265,000 para resolver una demanda por discriminación racial y nacionalidad presentada en nombre de tres mecánicos por la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés), así lo anunció la agencia federal.

Según la demanda, un mecánico de color y dos compañeros de trabajo hispanos de Liberty Energy en Odessa, Texas, fueron sometidos a un

ODESSA, Texas – Liberty Energy, Inc. doing business as Liberty Oilfield Services, LLC, will pay $265,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of three mechanics by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, a Black field mechanic and two Hispanic co-workers at Liberty Energy’s Odessa, Texas location were subjected to a hostile environment and referred to in derogatory terms, including

BALTIMORE – Sheetz, a large convenience store chain, violated federal law by denying employment to a class of job applicants because of their race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC filed suit against Sheetz, Inc.; Sheetz Distribution Services, LLC; and CLI Transport, LP (collectively, Sheetz), which together operate a chain of convenience stores with over 600 locations in six states. According to the lawsuit, Sheetz has

WACO, Texas – Cavco Industries, Inc.; Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.; and Palm Harbor Villages, Inc., which manufacture and sell manufactured homes in Waco, Texas, will pay $135,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a sales consultant at the Palm Harbor Homes location in Waco, Texas, experienced harassment after disclosing he had a biracial family and after

DALLAS — AOD Ventures, Inc. doing business as Autos of Dallas, a local retailer of pre-owned vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, will pay $22,500 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, car salesman Jonathon Sellers, who is Black, attended a December 2019 holiday party in which management called him to the front

DALLAS – Cavco Industries, Inc. and Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting a sales consultant to race-based harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a sales consultant at the Palm Harbor Homes location in Waco, Texas, experienced harassment and racial slurs after disclosing he had a multiracial family and after he refused to engage in conversations disparaging Black people. Afterward

DALLAS – Third Bench Holdings, a millwork and cabinet installations company, and its subsidiary Las Cruces Cabinets LLC d/b/a Sher-Wood Cabinetry, located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, violated federal law by retaliating against three employees after reporting harassment and discriminatory treatment, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an employee reported a company official for discriminating against her because of her national origin, Hispanic. The human resources director began investigating her claims

ODESSA, Texas – Liberty Energy, Inc., que opera como Liberty Oilfield Services, LLC, sometió a tres mecánicos a discriminación y acoso en una instalación de Odessa, Texas, según acusó la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés) de EE. UU. en una demanda presentada hoy.

Según la demanda, un mecánico negro y dos compañeros de trabajo hispanos fueron sometidos a un ambiente hostil y se les hizo

ODESSA, Texas – Liberty Energy, Inc. doing business as Liberty Oilfield Services, LLC, subjected three mechanics to discrimination and harassment at an Odessa, Texas facility, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, a Black mechanic and two Hispanic co-workers were subjected to a hostile environment and referred to in derogatory terms, including use of the N-word and other slurs such as “beaner” and “wetback.” In

BALTIMORE – Shepherd Electric Co., Inc., a wholesale electrical distributor that operates in the Baltimore/Washington area, will pay $185,806 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Shepherd Electric discriminated against two Black managers at the company’s Laurel, Maryland warehouse. After one of the managers com­plained the company disciplined Black employees

BALTIMORE – Shepherd Electric Co., Inc., a wholesale electrical distributor that operates in the Baltimore/Washington area, violated federal law when it fired two former managers because of their race retaliating for complaining about race-based discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Shepherd Electric discriminated against two Black former managers at the company’s Laurel, Maryland warehouse. The EEOC alleged after one of the former

BALTIMORE – Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. violated federal law when it discriminated against an employee because of her race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Sinclair subjected an analyst, a Black woman who worked for the company in Cockeysville, Maryland, to race discrimination when it underpaid her and forced her out of her job. Sinclair treated other employees who are not Black more

BALTIMORE – Lindsay Ford and Lindsay Ford Management Company, an automobile dealership in Wheaton, Maryland, will pay $105,000 and furnish significant injunctive relief to settle a race/national origin/sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a car salesman of South Asian descent was continuously sub­jected to race- and national origin-based harassment by the dealership’s general manager, which escalated to sexual touching