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Press release

EEOC Sues Wrightway Ready-Mix and Wright Concrete & Construction for Disability Discrimination

CHARLESTON, W.V. – Wrightway Ready-Mix, LLC, and Wright Concrete & Construction, Inc., related concrete-construction companies operating in Delbarton, West Virginia, unlawfully questioned a job applicant about using methadone as part of medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction and then refused to hire him because of his answer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, when a job applicant went to a Wrightway facility in Delbarton

December 3, 2025

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Olive Garden/GMRI Inc. To Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

PITTSBURGH – GMRI, Inc., doing business as Olive Garden, will pay $30,000 and agreed to significant non-monetary remedies under a consent decree settling a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the general manager of GMRI’s Olive Garden restaurant in Tarentum, Pennsylvania interviewed an applicant with a disability for a busser position. During the interview, the general manager asked the

April 9, 2024

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EEOC Sues Elaine’s Pet Resorts and Elaine’s Animal House for Disability Discrimination

FRESNO, Calif. – Elaine’s Pet Resort, LP and Elaine’s Animal House Inc. (collectively, “Elaine’s Pet”), who operate pet resorts in Fresno and Madera, California, violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable accommodation to a class of applicants and employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC, since at least 2021, Elaine’s Pet failed to engage in the interactive process and provide a reasonable accommodation

September 29, 2023

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California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Settles EEOC Charge

FRESNO, Calif. – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has settled a federal charge of disability discrimination and retaliation filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH), located in the Hugh Burns State Building, a department under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, denied a reasonable accom­modation to an employee for continued telework without engaging in

September 14, 2023

Press release

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Settles EEOC Charge

FRESNO, Calif. – The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has settled a federal charge of disability filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for significant training and other injunctive relief, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, Wasco State Prison, a facility under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, denied a reasonable accommodation to an employee which obligated them to utilize accrued leave instead of remaining on the job

July 27, 2023

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