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CHICAGO – Hotel Equities Group, LLC, a full-service hotel management company providing management, development, and consulting services throughout the United States, violated federal law when it failed to provide pregnancy accommodations to one employee and religious accommodations to another, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in 2023, a pregnant front desk clerk at the company’s Hilton-branded hotel in Oak Lawn, Illinois requested the

LOS ANGELES – Feit Electric Inc., a lightbulb manufacturer based in Los Angeles, agreed to pay $100,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, workforce provider Eastridge Workforce Solutions assigned a female employee to work at Feit Electric at its Pico Rivera, California warehouse location, where she was subjected to sex discrimination when she

MINNEAPOLIS – U.S. Steel, a multinational steel and iron mining company, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, an experienced mining equipment operator at U.S. Steel’s Minntac mine in northern Minnesota needed to avoid working on the most physically jarring machinery as an accommodation during her high-risk pregnancy

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)

MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) filed an action in federal court today to compel Milwaukee-based financial services provider Northwestern Mutual to produce information about the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and practices, related to the firm’s decision to deny a promotion to one of its compliance officers.

According to the EEOC’s court filing, a Northwestern Mutual employee filed a discrimination charge against the company with the EEOC in March 2025

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released new and updated educational materials reaffirming Chair Andrea Lucas’ commitment to advancing robust enforcement and awareness around national origin discrimination and Anti-American bias. The agency issued a new one-page technical assistance document, “Discrimination Against American Workers Is Against The Law” to help workers understand their rights.

The agency also updated its national origin discrimination landing page (a page on the agency’s website

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena issued during its investigation into claims that the University of Pennsylvania engaged in unlawful employment practices by allowing antisemitic harassment to persist and escalate throughout its Philadelphia campus and creating a hostile work environment for Jewish faculty and staff.  

The agency’s investigation followed a Commissioner’s charge filed in December 2023 by then

NEW YORK – Delta Air Lines violated federal law when it rescinded a job offer from an applicant due to her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Delta extended a conditional employment offer in July 2022 to an applicant for a ticket agent customer service representative position at one of its New York City airport locations. One condition Delta required was passing

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – iPro Dental Laboratory, Inc., a Fort Lauderdale manufacturer of dental restoration products used by dental practices nationwide, violated federal law when it fired a recently hired employee because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, iPro Dental hired a woman in January 2023, describing her as “perfect” for the position of office assistant at its Fort Lauderdale

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today a federal court filing to enforce two administrative subpoenas it issued during its investigation into allegations Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) engaged in intentionally discriminatory hiring and other unlawful employment practices against Native American applicants and employees.

GMCS is comprised of multiple elementary, middle, and high schools serving students in the city of Gallup and other areas of McKinley County, New Mexico. In August

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based vehicle manufacturer Polaris Industries, Inc. will pay $55,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle charges of pregnancy discrimination in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in connection with practices at Polaris’s Huntsville, Alabama facility, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Polaris penalized an employee for pregnancy-related absences and medical appointments. The company also required her to work mandatory overtime despite direction

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today it filed an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena issued during its investigation into claims of illegal hiring practices by Vallarta Food Enterprises, Inc. and related companies, collectively known as the trade name Vallarta Supermarkets, in Central and Southern California.

Vallarta Supermarkets is a family-owned supermarket chain with approximately 80 locations throughout Central and Southern California., and a corporate office located

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena that it issued during its investigation into claims that Mauser Packaging Solutions engaged in illegal hiring practices, including limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants by race, national origin, or sex for various Mauser facilities, primarily in the Chicagoland area.

Mauser is an international manufacturer of rigid packaging, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois

MIAMI – Sailormen, Inc., doing business as a Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits in Orange City, Florida, has agreed to conciliate a federal charge alleging violations of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s charge, upon learning that an employee was pregnant, Sailormen, Inc. fired her because it believed that

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it filed 110 lawsuits challenging unlawful employment discrimination in fiscal year 2024, placing an emphasis on emerging issues and advancing the employment rights of underserved and vulnerable workers.  

“Litigation is only one tool in the EEOC’s toolbox for achieving its mission of preventing and remedying employment discrimination, but it is a tool we will continue to deploy strategically to maximize our impact,”

RENO, Nev. – Victra, the business name of ABC Phones of North Carolina and a nationwide retailer of Verizon mobile devices, violated federal law when it denied a worker’s request to leave new hire training early for an urgent medical evaluation related to her pregnancy and rescinded her job offer instead, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, a woman hired as a sales consultant

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits against two companies to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the federal agency announced today.

“No pregnant worker should have to choose between their health and earning a living to support their family,” said EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride. “The PWFA requires that when an employee needs a modification at work because of their pregnancy or a

SOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (jointly referred to as Res-Care/Equus), nationwide job assistance companies doing business in New Mexico, will pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability and pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged Res-Care/Equus at its facility in Socorro, New Mexico with violating federal law when they discriminated against an employee with a high-risk

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

MIAMI – Florida Care ALF of Amelia Island, Inc., located in Ferdinand Beach, Florida, violated federal law when it fired an employee because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, as soon as Florida Care ALF management learned that the employee was pregnant, her manager refused to give her any more shifts and terminated her.

Terminating an employee because of her

DENVER – National restaurant chain Landry’s Seafood House violated federal law when it subjected an Iranian employee to a hostile work environment based on her national origin and retaliated against her when she made discrimination complaints at its Englewood, Colorado, location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Landry’s employees, including managers and supervisors, regularly and openly mocked an Iranian employee’s accent, criticized her

TACOMA, Wash. – Hoyle Enterprises LLC, doing business as Lady Luck Steakhouse (“Lady Luck”), a local restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, has agreed to the terms of a conciliation agreement following the investigation of a charge of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, Lady Luck fired a newly-hired pregnant worker after completing a single shift. Lady Luck’s management team also had a practice of

LOS ANGELES -- On Sept. 13, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against the commercial laundry facility Radiant Services Corp. for discouraging and denying equal job opportunities to Black, Asian and white workers by failing to recruit, hire or staff its workforce with non-Hispanic workers. The lawsuit further charges that Radiant denied equal job opportunities based on sex by seeking male or female workers