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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Wendy’s International, LLC violated federal law when it discriminated against a district manager because of disability and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Wendy’s International, LLC, which owns and operates fast food restaurants nationwide, employed a district manager who worked for the company and its franchises since the early 1990s. In 2022, the Columbus, Ohio-based district manager, who was in

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Action Insulation Co., a general contractor specializing in insulation installation and asbestos abatement in Port Wentworth, Georgia, agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC suit said Action Insulation’s owner subjected a female office manager to sexual harassment, including by making unwanted sexual comments and jokes, showing her lewd photographs, slapping

NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia International Terminals, LLC (VIT), a marine terminal operator headquartered in Norfolk, will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, the employee worked at VIT-operated Norfolk International Terminals driving a hustler truck, which moves shipping containers around Norfolk International Terminals at a maximum speed of 20 mph. The driver

NORFOLK, Va. — Franklin, Virginia-based Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen, LLC, doing business as Dairy Queen, entered into conciliation agreements with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve two sexual harassment charges, the federal agency announced today.

The agreements resolve charges where the EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe the company violated federal anti-discrimination law by allowing two former employees who worked at the company’s Granby Street location in Norfolk and the Landstown

NORFOLK, Va. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has successfully recovered money owed to a victim of discrimination from Value Unlimited, Inc., doing business as ChowCall, a food delivery service in Norfolk, Virginia, and secured the company’s compliance with terms of the conciliation agreement with the EEOC.

According to a lawsuit filed by the EEOC, Value Unlimited failed to fully comply with its obligations under a September 2022 conciliation agreement resolving allegations

NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia International Terminals, LLC (VIT), a marine terminal operator headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, violated federal law by refusing to allow an employee to return to his position following medical treatment for a heart condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. 

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the employee, who previously worked at Norfolk International Terminals as a hustler truck driver, was hospitalized because of a cardiac