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EEOC Sues Healthcare Staffing Company for Sexual Harassment

KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Malone Workforce Solutions subjected female employees at the company’s Omaha, Nebraska, healthcare staffing office to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, male employees continually made harassing and derogatory comments to female employees and engaged in lewd, sexually explicit conversations in open work spaces where female employees could not avoid them. When one of the women asked to be

June 30, 2025

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EEOC Sues Miller’s Grill for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

ST. LOUIS – Miller’s Grill, a Washington, Missouri restaurant, violated federal law when its owner made crude sexual comments and inappropriately touched an employee, then demoted her, reduced her hours, and failed to pay her at the appropriate pay rate because of her sex and because she refused his sexual advances, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Miller’s Grill owner Larry Miller made

June 20, 2025

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Phone Retailer to Pay $107,916 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former cellular phone retailer Wireless World LLC, doing business as Experts Choice, will pay $107,916 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against its predecessor Elite Wireless Group, Inc., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

According to the EEOC’s complaint, a teenage female store employee of Elite Wireless faced sexual harassment, including repeated unwelcome advances and requests for sex, from a sales manager in 2017. The sales manager later sexually

December 10, 2024

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EEOC Files Three Sexual Harassment Lawsuits

ST. LOUIS –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits today alleging sexual harassment and retaliation for reporting harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“The EEOC is committed to promoting equal opportunity for all workers, and that includes removing barriers such as sexual harassment,” said Andrea G. Baran, regional attorney of the EEOC’s St. Louis office. “Unfortunately, some employers fail to adequately protect their employees from

October 1, 2024

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Monson Fruit Pagará 250.000 Dólares en Demanda por Acoso Sexual Ante la EEOC

YAKIMA, Wash. — La compañía dedicada al cultivo, envase y envío de frutas y verduras Monson Fruit Co. pagará $250,000 y proveerá otros alivios significativos para resolver una demanda por acoso sexual interpuesta por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés), la agencia anunció hoy.  

De acuerdo con la demanda de la EEOC, una empleada agrícola latina fue acosada sexualmente a través de insinuaciones sexuales

September 9, 2024

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Monson Fruit to Pay $250,000 in EEOC Sex Harassment Lawsuit

YAKIMA, Wash. — Produce company Monson Fruit Co. will pay $250,000 and provide injunctive relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 

According to the EEOC’s complaint, a Latina agricultural worker faced sexual harassment including repeated unwelcome advances and requests for sex from a manager in 2019. After she rejected his propositions and reported the conduct, her coworker husband was fired in retaliation

September 9, 2024

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EEOC and Tapco Agree to Conciliate Discrimination Charge

ST. LOUIS – Tapco Inc, a manufacturer and molder of farm equipment in Bridgeton, Missouri, agreed to conciliate two federal discrimination charges alleging sexual harassment and constructive discharge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the charges, an employee with Tapco sexually harassed two female employees.

They complained to managers, but believed their complaints were not adequately addressed and eventually resigned. The female employees also alleged that they

October 26, 2023

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EEOC Sues McDonald’s Franchise for Sexual Harassment

ST. LOUIS – A McDonald’s restaurant in Checotah, Oklahoma, operated by franchisee Arch Fellow North LLC, violated federal law when a manager sexually harassed a 17 year-old worker, and she was forced to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, an adult male supervisor sexually harassed a teen girl who worked under his supervision in or around November 2021. After subjecting the teenager to

September 29, 2023

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EEOC Sues Landmark Dodge and Landmark South for Sex Discrimination in Hiring and Retaliation

ST. LOUIS – Landmark Dodge and Landmark South, an Independence, Mo. auto dealership, violated federal law by segregating its sales and office employees by sex, hiring only men for sales jobs and women for office jobs and retaliating against employees who challenged the discriminatory hiring practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, for at least two years from May 2017 to May 2019, Landmark

September 28, 2022

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HVAC Contractor to Pay $361,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

SEATTLE — Spokane Valley-based HVAC contractor Air Control Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., which does business as Air Control Heating & Electric, Inc., has agreed to pay $361,000 to seven current and former female employees and to be subject to federal oversight for a five-year period to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Air Control’s founder, owner

June 14, 2022

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