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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. – 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

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NASG Realty, LLC., (doing business as North American Stamping Group), a manufacturer of stamped metal components and welded assemblies for the automotive industry, violated federal law by failing to hire and promote female employees to certain production jobs and subjecting female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC, NASG has engaged in an ongoing pattern

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

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycling, removal, disposal and repair company, will pay $90,000 and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that TCI violated federal law by terminating an employee for participating in an internal investigation about a charge filed with the EEOC alleging that TCI’s hiring practices discriminated against females. The employee who was retaliated against

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –Variety store retailer Dolgencorp, LLC, doing business as Dollar General, has agreed to pay $1 million and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that its hiring process violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA) , the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, after making job offers to work at its Bessemer, Alabama Distribution

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Aaron Thomas Company, Inc., a distribution company, and Supreme Staffing, LLC, a staffing agency, both based in Memphis, violated federal law by denying individuals employment on the bases of race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a suit filed this week.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least January 2018, Aaron Thomas and Supreme Staffing failed to refer and hire Black applicants for low-skill positions. The EEOC further alleged

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycler of large items such as transformers and electrical equipment which operates a single plant located in Pell City, Alabama, violated federal law by firing an employee for participating in an internal investigation of alleged sex discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, after a female job applicant filed a charge of discrimination with

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Houchens Food Group, Inc., owner and operator of Pic-N-Sav grocery stores in several states and headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Houchens Food Group subjected female employees at the Pic-N-Sav grocery store in Evergreen, Alabama to frequent, unwelcome sexual

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, a construction management and general contracting company headquartered in Baltimore, will pay $1.2 million to a class of Black former workers and furnish other relief to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Whiting-Turner served as the prime contractor for the con­struction of the Google Data Center in

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC agreed to pay $49,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Outokumpu, a global stainless-steel producer, employs more than 900 persons at its Calvert, Alabama facility. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Outokumpu offered a qualified applicant a position as an entry operator in its melt shop contingent on the applicant passing a physical examination and drug

TUPELO, Miss. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Resourceful Environmental Services, headquartered in Ripley, Mississippi, reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve a charge of discrimination filed by a former employee alleging a hostile work environment based on the employee’s sexual orientation, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC determined that Resourceful Environmental Services subjected a male employee to a hostile work environment based upon his sexual orientation and stopped returning him

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – American Freight Management Company, LLC, which does business as American Freight Furniture and Mattress, will pay $5 million in monetary relief and provide job opportunities to women previously denied them, among other relief, to settle a federal nationwide sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least 2013, American Freight engaged in a nationwide pattern or

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham Beverage Company, Inc. doing business as AlaBev, a Birmingham-based wholesale distributor and importer of beer, cider, alcohol-free drinks and specialty foods, will pay $825,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit, filed Sept. 26, 2017, charged the company with violating federal law when it failed to promote or consider Ronnie Johnson

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – USAble Life (USAL), an insurance company based in Florida and Little Rock, will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, USAL first received notice around March 26, 2018 of the complaints of an employee in its Little Rock office to a third party that the company was discriminating against her based on

TUPELO, Miss. – First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

First Metropolitan operates a consumer loan and finance company in various towns across north Mississippi and in Bolivar and Memphis, Tenn. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that First Metropolitan paid the female branch managers lower salaries than male branch managers, despite the male

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Bryce Corporation, an integrated manufacturer which produces flexible packaging products for food, household, graphic arts and consumer products, will pay $50,000 and provide other relief to resolve an equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  

The EEOC’s complaint charged that Bryce failed to pay equal pay for equal work when Bryce hired a male senior business analyst and paid him $18,000 more