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NEW YORK – Global retailer Walmart will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Walmart revoked disability accommodations provided to an employee at its Farmingdale, New York supercenter, which allowed her to successfully perform her job as a customer availability process associate since 2017. The employee’s managers had given her positive performance

NEW YORK – Mavis Tire Supply LLC, a nationwide tire dealer and automotive service provider based in White Plains, New York, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a religious discrimination and retaliation charge, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that Mavis Tire failed to hire an applicant for a managerial position in the Central New York region because, during

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the opening of the claims process following establishment of Columbia University’s $21 million class settlement fund.

Initial communications to potential claimants will be distributed by both the EEOC claims administrator and Columbia University today. Participating in the claims process is voluntary and free, and submitting a claim form does not obligate a person to participate further in the claims process. While individuals are welcome

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Ephraim McDowell Health, Inc., Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, Inc., and EMHFL, Inc., a health care system headquartered in Danville, Kentucky, will pay $335,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, around October 2021, Ephraim McDowell rejected a female employee’s bid for promotion to an administrator position when the

NEW YORK – Delta Air Lines violated federal law when it rescinded a job offer from an applicant due to her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.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

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – WorkSmart Staffing, LLC, a regional staffing agency in the southeastern United States headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, violated federal law by discriminating against a class of females when it failed to hire or refer them to available positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, from Aug. 1, 2020 to Aug. 8, 2023, WorkSmart failed to hire or refer a class

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., a nationwide restaurant operator, agreed to pay $80,000 to a job applicant who alleged he was not hired because of his request for a religious accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC’s charge investigation, during the interview process in August 2024 with the P.F. Chang’s location in Birmingham, the applicant requested Sundays off because of his religious beliefs. The EEOC’s

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sanmina Corporation, a global provider of electronics contract manufacturing services, will pay $77,500 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged Sanmina with discriminating against a long-time employee at its Huntsville, Alabama facility who suffered from osteoarthritis and other health conditions. Her conditions made walking across Sanmina’s large parking lot, which lacked

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sarafina Network, LLC, a management company for gas station convenience stores based in Alabama, will pay $40,000 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 EEOC’s lawsuit, store managers, employees and customers routinely mocked a neuro-divergent cashier with eye problems, anxiety, and a seizure disorder. The lawsuit further charged that after receiving complaints

NEW YORK – Columbia University will pay $21 million for a class settlement fund to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Columbia employees occurring on its campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. This settlement resolves EEOC charges, including a Commissioner’s Charge brought by Acting Chair Andrea Lucas in 2024 on behalf of a class of all Jewish employees, alleging that since at least Oct

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

BUFFALO, N.Y.— Frontier Hot-Dip Galvanizing, Inc., a Buffalo steel galvanizing business, will pay $360,000 and provide other relief to settle a race and national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company subjected a class of black temporary and permanent workers to egregious race- and national origin-based harassment, including routine use of egregious racial slurs and forcing

NEWARK, N.J. — Pearson Education, Inc., an educational publishing and services company producing textbooks, online courseware and testing/assessment services, violated federal law when it failed to provide employees who are blind or have other visual impairments with equal access to employee benefits, performance, leave information and required trainings, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a federal lawsuit today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Pearson contracted with third-party vendors to provide online platforms

NEW YORK—PT Administrative Services LLC, which employs non-licensed professionals working at more than 100 JAG Physical Therapy clinics, violated federal law when it fired an employee who had just given birth because she asked about the possibility of post-childbirth accommodations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, a patient services coordinator at the Brooklyn Heights JAG location gave birth and immediately asked about reasonable accommodations

BOSTON – Bob’s Tire Company, Inc., a used tire scrap and recycling facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts, will pay $250,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex, race, national origin harassment and retaliation case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company’s owner and a co-worker subjected a class of Hispanic laborers to egregious and constant harassment, which included inappropriate and

NEW YORK – Entities that own or operate The Ned NoMad hotel and members’ club in Manhattan will pay $100,000 to one former employee to settle 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 Ned NoMad refused to accommodate an employee who provided a medical note stating that her knee condition limited her standing or walking to 30 minutes

NEW YORK – KTG Hospitality, LLC, doing business as Wall Street Grill, a fine dining restaurant in Manhattan, will pay $45,000 to one former employee settling a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, kitchen workers and managers at Wall Street Grill subjected a pastry cook to sexual overtures, verbal abuse, and unwanted physical contact. The suit also alleged that Wall Street Grill’s managers witnessed

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Security Engineers, Inc., a contract security solutions provider headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, will pay $1.6 million and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Security Engineers engaged in sex discrimination throughout Alabama when the company denied security officer jobs and assignments to a class of women, beginning in at

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycler of large items such as transformers and electrical equipment, violated federal employment laws when it discriminated against female job applicants in its Pell City, Alabama, location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC charged that since at least August 1, 2020, TCI has discriminated against a class of female employees by systemically denying them laborer positions because

NEW YORK – Federal Express Corporation, doing business as FedEx Express, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate several dispatchers’ requests to continue working from home and demanded the dispatchers’ immediate return to its downtown Manhattan office, effectively forcing at least one into retirement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a successful 30-year career dispatcher for FedEx requested to continue teleworking as

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Shelby Baptist Medical Center and its operating companies will pay $60,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle claims of disability discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Shelby Baptist illegally discriminated against a behavioral health technician with degenerative disc disease, which impaired her ability to perform her existing job functions. The technician requested reassignment

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed lawsuits against two companies who failed to maintain harassment-free working environments for our nation’s youth.

“Young workers are particularly vulnerable to harassment and other forms of workplace discrimination because they have less work experience, are less likely to know when someone crosses a boundary, and may be afraid to report an older or more powerful harasser,” said EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride. “The EEOC will

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits today against two New York employers charging the companies with allowing egregious sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“Whether a restaurant, car dealership or other business, no employer should ignore sexual harassment, let alone condone or encourage it,” said Kimberly Cruz, regional attorney for the EEOC’s New York District Office. “The two lawsuits filed today

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sanmina Corporation, a provider of electronic manufacturing services, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her disability and to avoid the need for a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the employee had osteoarthritis and other conditions that made movements such as walking across Sanmina’s large parking lot difficult and painful. Sanmina had previously refused to