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NEW YORK–ACARE HHC Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency (“Four Seasons”), a Brooklyn-based company that provides its clients with home health aides, violated federal law by removing aides from their work assignments due to their race and national origin to accommodate client preferences, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Four Seasons routinely would accede to racial preferences of

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

WASHINGTON – Hoy entrará en vigencia la Ley de Igualdad para Trabajadoras Embarazadas (PWFA, por sus siglas en inglés), que amplía las protecciones que se han retrasado desde hace mucho tiempo para garantizar que las trabajadoras que experimentan un embarazo, parto o condiciones médicas relacionadas tengan derecho a adaptaciones razonables en el lugar de trabajo. La ley fue firmada por el presidente Joe Biden el año pasado y, a partir de hoy, la Comisión

WASHINGTON – Today, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) will take effect, expanding long-overdue protections to ensure that workers experiencing pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions have the right to reasonable accommodations in the workplace. The law was signed by President Joe Biden last year, and as it goes into effect today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will begin accepting charges of discrimination under this new statute for incidents that occurred on or

MIAMI – A Hobe Sound, Florida residential assisted living and rehabilitation facility violated federal law when it subjected a Haitian to national origin discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, a Haitian applicant applied for an open nursing home administrator position at The Terrace at Hobe Sound. After interviewing for the position with the then-acting administrator, she was offered the job and a

AUSTIN, Texas – Corner Bar, which operates on South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, discriminated against a female bartender by reducing her hours and terminating her because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the female bartender told her managers she was pregnant. Soon after her pregnancy became visible, her hours were cut and she was taken off the closing

ATLANTA – Dillard’s, Inc., a national department store chain based in Little Rock, Arkansas, violated federal law when it fired a long-tenured, high-achieving employee after she complained of discrimination and asked about a pregnancy accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, in February 2020, a longtime African American sales associate in Dillard’s Northpoint Store, informed the new store manager about her pregnancy-related accommodation

ST. LOUIS – A.V.I. Sea Bar & Chophouse restaurant, a Wichita steakhouse with an attached catering service known as Corporate Caterers of Wichita, has agreed to pay $55,000 to a former employee and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, hostess Macee Hoffman was provided a stool she used between serving customers to help alleviate

ERIE, Pa. – Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania home healthcare provider, will pay $20,000 to a former employee and take significant steps to prevent future discriminatory treatment of its employees to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, the company’s president and vice president repeatedly told a pregnant worker with hypertension that she was a

CHICAGO – Symphony Deerbrook, LLC will pay $400,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over conduct at its Symphony of Joliet facility, the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Symphony, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, imple­mented a policy requiring employees to inform the company of any pregnancy and to obtain a note from their doctor releasing

DALLAS – Alden Short y Hinson Jennings, una empresa de administración de propiedades con sede en Dallas, pagará $85,000 y brindará otras indemnizaciones para resolver una demanda por acoso por origen nacional presentada por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los EE. UU., anunció hoy la agencia.

Según a la demanda de la EEOC, el propietario y presidente y el director de operaciones (COO) sometieron a tres empleadas hispanas

DALLAS – Alden Short and Hinson Jennings, a Dallas-based property management company, will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the owner and president and the chief operating officer (COO) subjected three Hispanic female employees to a hostile work environment at the company’s Richardson facility. The agency’s suit claimed top management

LONGVIEW, Wash. – R & SL, que hace negocios como Total Employment and Management (TEAM), una empresa de empleo con sede en Washington y Oregón, acordó en pagar $276,000 y tomar otras medidas para conciliar un cargo de discriminación por origen nacional y represalias presentado ante la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC), anunció hoy la agencia.

Según la EEOC, TEAM impuso una regla no permitir hablar

LONGVIEW, Wash. – R & SL, which does business as Total Employment and Management (TEAM), an employment firm based in Washington and Oregon, has agreed to pay $276,000 and take other actions to conciliate a national origin discrimination and retaliation charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, TEAM imposed a no-Spanish rule, without adequate business justification to support it. The agency also alleged five

MIAMI – DHI Group, Inc., which operates job-search website for technology professionals Dice.com, has entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve national origin discrimination charges, the federal agency announced today.

This resolution resolves multiple charges of discrimination filed against DHI, ending an investigation in which the EEOC determined it had reasonable cause to believe DHI violated Title VII when some of its customers posted positions on Dice.com

ST. LOUIS – ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, will pay $75,000 to resolve a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, Anke Hicks, a German-born, naturalized U.S. citizen, sought employment through ResourceMFG in February 2020 and was offered a position at a federal government contractor that required U.S. citizenship. ResourceMFG told Hicks she was required to present a

MIAMI – Arubaanse Luchtvaart Maatschhappij Nv, Inc., doing business as Aruba Airlines, will pay $75,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, Aruba Airlines violated federal law when a pregnant employee in its Miami corporate office was terminated soon after announcing her pregnancy.

Such alleged conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits

HAYDEN, Idaho – Fashion retailers Sage Boutique, LLC, and Just Because - Washington, LLC, located in Hayden, Idaho, and Newport, Washington, respectively, have agreed to pay a former employee $37,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a discrimination charge filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Following a federal investigation by the agency’s Seattle Field Office, the EEOC found reasonable cause to believe the social media manager had

PHOENIX – Circle K Stores Inc. ha firmado un acuerdo a nivel nacional con la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés) para resolver cargos de discriminación por discapacidad, embarazo y represalias, anunció hoy la agencia federal.

Esta resolución resuelve múltiples cargos de discriminación presentados contra Circle K y entidades relacionadas, poniendo fin a una investigación en la que la EEOC determinó que

PHOENIX – Circle K Stores Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve disability, pregnancy and retaliation discrimination charges, the federal agency announced today.

This resolution resolves multiple charges of discrimination filed against Circle K and related entities, ending an investigation in which the EEOC determined it had reasonable cause to believe Circle K denied reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees and those with disabilities, subjecting them

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Keystone Foods LLC, which operates a food processing facility in Eufaula, Alabama, agreed to pay $60,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 

According to the EEOC lawsuit, Keystone extended job offers to a group of 17 former employees during a series of job fair interviews for positions in its Eufaula plant, but retracted its offer to a female former

CHICAGO – Automaker Ford Motor Company will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Ford violated federal law when it when it refused to hire a pregnant applicant to work at its stamping plant in Chicago Heights, Illinois, due to her pregnancy.  Ford extended the applicant a conditional offer, subject to

ERIE, Pa. – A home health care services company in northwest Pennsylvania violated federal law by firing an employee because she was pregnant and because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC filed the pregnancy and disability discrimination case against Erie-based Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services, Inc. According to the lawsuit, a pregnant scheduling coordinator with hypertension was unlawfully discharged because of those conditions. The