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Boart Longyear to Pay $177,500 for EEOC Race Discrimination Charge

ELKO, Nev. – Drilling services provider Boart Longyear Company (US) agreed to provide $177,500 to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that supervisors and coworkers harassed a black employee on the basis of his race during his employment at a Boart Longyear facility in Elko, Nevada from November 2021 to October 2022.

“The things

September 25, 2025

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Progressive North Ridgeville Settles EEOC Race Discrimination Charge

CLEVELAND – Progressive North Ridgeville, LLC, a healthcare facility in North Ridgeville, Ohio, agreed to pay $5,000 and take corrective action to resolve a race discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe the facility violated federal law by firing an employee because of her race. Such alleged conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which

August 15, 2025

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DialAmerica Marketing to Pay $85,000 in EEOC Race, Sex and Retaliatory Discrimination Lawsuit

Cleveland – DialAmerica Marketing, LLC, a provider of telemarketing and call-center services for third-party clients, will pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging race and sex discrimination and retaliation, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that a DialAmerica manager at its former Middleburg Heights, Ohio location falsely accused a black female employee of using profanity on a customer call and sought to use

June 24, 2025

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Insurance Auto Auctions to Pay $175,000 in EEOC Racial Harassment Lawsuit

FREMONT, Calif. — Vehicle auctioneer Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. will pay $175,000 and provide injunctive relief to resolve a racial harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 

According to the EEOC, a black yard worker faced racial harassment, including repeated racial slurs, by co-workers. Local managers were aware of the misconduct, but either ignored it or otherwise failed to take adequate steps to address it. The

April 9, 2025

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EEOC Sues Insurance Auto Auctions For Racial Harassment

FREMONT, Calif. – Vehicle auctioneer Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAAI) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of a Black employee who was eventually forced to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a yard attendant at the company’s Fremont, California, facility endured constant racial slurs, including the “n-word,” up to 15 times a day by co-workers for over a year. This verbal

September 30, 2024

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Wheeler Trucking to Pay $65,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

CLEVELAND – Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as Wheeler Trucking Inc. and Wheeler Logistics, Inc. will pay $65,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race and religion lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Wheeler subjected Charles R. Lynch, III, a Torah Observant employee at its Sheffield, Ohio, location to discrimination when they revoked his religious accommodation that

June 21, 2024

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PRC Industries Pays $400,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment, Retaliation Lawsuit

RENO, Nev. — PRC Industries, Inc., an E-commerce remanufacturing company, will pay two former employees of its Reno, Nevada, location $400,000 and implement company-wide preventative measures to resolve a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, two Black workers endured months of racial taunts and slurs, including the “n-word,” and hostility from their supervisors at PRC’s Reno, Nevada, facility

October 26, 2023

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La EEOC Demanda a Wheeler Trucking por Discriminación Racial y Religiosa y Represalias

CLEVELAND – Wheeler Trucking violó las leyes federales de derechos civiles cuando la compañía sometió a un empleado en su ubicación del condado de Lorain, Ohio, a acoso por motivos de raza y religión, le negó una adaptación religiosa, tomó represalias contra él por quejarse y lo separó del empleo, informó U.S. Equal. La Comisión de Oportunidades de Empleo (EEOC) acusó en una demanda que anunció hoy.

Según la demanda de la EEOC, Wheeler Trucking

October 13, 2023

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EEOC Sues Wheeler Trucking for Race and Religious Discrimination, Retaliation

CLEVELAND – Wheeler Trucking violated federal civil rights laws when the company subjected an employee at its Lorain County, Ohio location to harassment because of race and religion, denied him a religious accommodation, retaliated against him for complaining and separated him from employ­ment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Wheeler Trucking subjected the former employee to frequent, severe harassment because of race

October 13, 2023

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EEOC Sues Tesla for Racial Harassment and Retaliation

FREMONT, Calif. – Electric car maker Tesla, Inc., violated federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and by subjecting some of these workers to retaliation for opposing the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, since at least 2015 to the present, Black employees at Tesla’s Fremont, California manufacturing facilities have routinely endured racial abuse, pervasive stereotyping

September 28, 2023

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EEOC Sues Bennett Enterprises / Alphie’s Sports Eatery for Race and Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

CLEVELAND – An Ohio restaurant owner-operator violated federal civil rights laws when it discriminated against an employee because of race and disability and retaliated against her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the server, who is a biracial woman with a diagnosis of depression and anxiety, worked for Bennett Enterprises at its Ralphie’s Sports Eatery location in Kenton, Ohio. The EEOC alleges that

September 14, 2023

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EEOC Sues PRC Industries for Racial Harassment and Retaliatory Termination

RENO, Nev. – E-commerce remanufacturer PRC Industries (PRC) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of two Black workers and firing them in retaliation for reporting the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to EEOC’s suit, two Black workers, a married couple hired in Jan. 2020 to work at PRC’s repair facility in Reno, Nev., faced constant racial taunts and slurs, including the ‘n-word,’ from their

March 29, 2023

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Sacramento Paper Plant to Pay $385,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment Lawsuit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Paper manufacturers Packaging Corporation of America Central California Corrugated, LLC. (PCA) and Schwarz Partners LP will pay $385,000 and implement preventative measures to settle a racial harassment lawsuit seeking relief for two African American men who worked at a manufacturing plant located in McClellan, California, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to EEOC’s suit, co-workers and a shift supervisor commonly used racial slurs and derision, even broadcasting these

November 16, 2022

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