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ATLANTA – RSPS Holdings and SRS Milledgeville, franchisors of the popular fast-casual barbeque restaurant Shane’s Rib Shack, have agreed to pay $56,500 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for sexual harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the companies violated federal law when they subjected a teenage female employee at its Milledgeville, Georgia location to a hostile work

INDIANAPOLIS – Ephraim McDowell Health, Inc. (EMH), headquartered in Danville, Kentucky, violated federal law by denying a female employee a promotion because of her sex and retaliated against her after she filed a discrimination charge, the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee was told by EMH’s CEO that she would not be selected for an administrator position at its Fort Logan

ATLANTA – Iron Hill Brewery of Buckhead, LLC, and Iron Hill Brewery, LLC, a chain of breweries and restaurants, illegally discriminated against an African American employee when it fired him because of his race and in retaliation for reporting discrimination against women and Hispanic employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, an African American sous chef in training complained twice to Iron Hill that

ATLANTA – Dillard’s, Inc., a national department store chain based in Little Rock, Arkansas, will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, in February 2020, a longtime, high-performing African American sales associate in Dillard’s Northpoint Store informed the new store manager about her existing pregnancy-related accommodation. Days later, the new manager rescinded the accommodation and the

MIAMI – Nursing home operators Hobe Sound OPCO and related companies Hobe Sound Realty, TOH Holdings, and HSRE, have agreed to pay $67,500 to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 

According to the lawsuit, the identified companies violated federal law when they failed to hire a Haitian applicant for the position of nursing home administrator on the basis of her national

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Sandia Transportation, L.L.C. has agreed to pay $97,500 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The lawsuit alleged that Sandia Transportation subjected four female employees to disparaging and discriminatory comments, creating a hostile work environment for them because of their sex, sexual orientation, or because they did not conform to gender stereotypes for women. One of the female employees

Fresno, California. – La corporación Sunshine Raisin, que opera bajo el nombre de National Raisin, pagará $2 millones y proporcionará amplias medidas cautelares para resolver una demanda llevada por la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los Estados Unidos (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés) sobre acoso sexual y represalias, anunció hoy la agencia federal. La Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo presentó la demanda en nombre de

FRESNO, Calif. – Sunshine Raisin Corp., doing business as National Raisin, will pay $2 million and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. The EEOC brought the lawsuit on behalf of a class of female agricultural workers, many of whom only speak Spanish.  

The EEOC lawsuit charged that National Raisin subjected female workers to a sexually hostile work

JACKSON, Miss. – Singley Construction Company, Inc., a construction company headquartered in Columbia, Mississippi, has agreed to pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle claims of disability discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Singley refused to accommodate an employee with end-stage renal disease by allowing her to perform continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in a vacant office

ATLANTA – Bakotic Pathology Associates, LLC (Bako), a pathology laboratory headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC suit alleged Bako discriminated and retaliated against an employee who was experiencing pregnancy-related symptoms, when it fired her while she was on approved medical leave and receiving short-term disability benefits, shortly after she complained of

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encourages victims of or witnesses to sexual harassment at Swami’s restaurants to come forward and report their experiences to the federal agency in connection with an EEOC lawsuit against the chain.

On May 17, 2023, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in federal court against Swami’s for sexual harassment and retaliation. The respondents include Swami’s 101 LLC dba Swami’s Café; Swami’s Vista LLC; Swami’s Carlsbad LLC

Boston – Bob's Tire Company, Inc., una instalación de reciclaje y chatarra de llantas usadas en New Bedford, Massachusetts, violó la ley federal al someter a empleados varones e hispanos (casi todos de ascendencia guatemalteca) a acoso sexual, racial y/o de origen nacional. y tomó represalias contra un empleado que se quejó de acoso sexual, acusó la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE. UU. en una demanda que anunció hoy

BOSTON - Bob’s Tire Company, Inc., a used tire scrap and recycling facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts, violated federal law by subjecting male and Hispanic employees — nearly all of Guatemalan descent — to sexual, racial, and/or national origin harassment, and retaliated against one employee who complained about sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the owner of Bob’s Tire, Robert

WASHINGTON – Triple Canopy, Inc. a Reston, Virginia-based company providing protective services to federal agencies, will pay a former employee $110,759 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Triple Canopy denied a religious accommodation to an employee who held a Christian belief that men must wear beards because the employee was unable

AUSTIN, Texas –South Austin Nissan, a car dealership in Austin, Texas, operated by NICPA Central Auto Group, LLC, subjected female employees to sexual harassment and retaliated against employees when they reported the harassment the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, three managers at South Austin Nissan engaged in egregious and persistent sexual harassment towards female employees. These managers regularly touched or attempted to touch

PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Schuff Steel Company, a steel fabrication company headquartered in Phoenix, agreed to pay $500,000 and implement companywide policy changes and prevention measures to resolve a lawsuit alleging race harassment, national origin harassment, and retaliation.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Schuff Steel violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by harassing Black and Latino employees at its Eloy, Arizona plant and

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Mueller Co. LLC, un fabricante y vendedor a nivel nacional de productos de distribución de gas y agua, e IH Services, Inc., que brinda servicios de limpieza en las instalaciones de Mueller, acordaron pagar $150,000 y proporcionar otras compensaciones para resolver demandas por abuso sexual, acoso y represalias en una demanda presentada por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC), anunció hoy la agencia

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mueller Co. LLC, a nationwide manufacturer and seller of gas and water distribution products, and IH Services, Inc., which provides cleaning services in Mueller facilities, agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle claims of sexual harassment and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, IH Services assigned three female janitors to work at Mueller’s

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

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Weis Markets, Inc., a chain of grocery stores throughout the Mid-Atlantic and headquartered in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, subjected an employee to sexual harassment and discharged her when she refused to comply with an unlawful directive to participate in the company’s employee assistance program, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a supervisor at Weis Markets’ Mifflintown, Pennsylvania store subjected a female employee to

HONOLULU – Mexico Restaurant, a Honolulu-based restaurant specializing in Mexican cuisine, has agreed to pay $227,500 and provide other relief to settle a sexual and racial 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, female servers were subjected to repeated sexual touching and comments by a co-worker. After complaining to management about the sexual conduct and comments, at least one

BISMARCK, N.D. – Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, a critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota, violated federal law when it discharged an African American employee after she reported an incident of racial harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, in May 2019, a nursing aide reported to Jacobson that a co-worker called her the “n-word.” Six days later, Jacobson fired her in retaliation

SOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (Res-Care), nationwide job-assistance companies doing business in New Mexico, violated federal law when they discriminated against an employee with a high-risk pregnancy and disabilities, and retaliated against her for requesting a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, Res-Care knew about Cheyenne Benavidez’ high-risk pregnancy and associated disabilities, punished her for pregnancy-related medical absences

NEW ORLEANS – Ecoserv, LLC, an industrial cleaning company in Abbeville, Louisiana, violated federal law by engaging in a pattern or practice of refusing to hire applicants who were Black, female, or 40 years old or over, and by firing a human resources employee who opposed the discrim­inatory practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Sept. 22.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Ecoserv instructed a former human resources