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Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro Pay $650,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

ENCINITAS, Calif. – Swami’s Café, a chain of casual breakfast and lunch service restaurants in San Diego County, and the casual restaurant Honey’s Bistro will pay $650,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a class of young women, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, beginning as early as 2019, nine locations of the

December 2, 2025

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Seward and Son to Pay $150,000 in EEOC Race and National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. – Seward and Son Planting Company, a farming operation with 22,000 acres of corn, soybeans and cotton in Louise, Mississippi, will pay $150,000 and implement policy changes via a three-year consent decree to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, starting Dec. 1, 2020, Seward and Son began hiring immigrant agricultural workers from a

November 25, 2025

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Air Evac EMS to Pay $59,000 in EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. – Air Evac EMS, an emergency air medical transportation services company headquartered in O’Fallon, Missouri, operating more than 150 helicopter air ambulance bases across 15 states, will pay $59,000 and furnish other relief, settling a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The EEOC’s suit charged Air Evac with violating federal law when it rescinded an applicant’s job offer because of potential side effects of the applicant’s prescription

November 20, 2025

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Tractor Supply Company to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. – Headquartered in Tennessee, Tractor Supply Company, the nation’s largest rural lifestyle retailer with over 2,400 stores and more than 50,000 employees, has agreed to pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.                                                                  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Tractor Supply Company violated federal law when it disclosed an employee’s confidential medical information, subjected

May 14, 2024

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Singley Construction to Pay $30,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

JACKSON, Miss. – Singley Construction Company, Inc., a construction company headquartered in Columbia, Mississippi, has agreed to pay $30,000 and provide other 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, Singley refused to accommodate an employee with end-stage renal disease by allowing her to perform continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in a vacant office

March 4, 2024

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EEOC Encourages Victims of Sexual Harassment at Local Swami’s Restaurants to Come Forward

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encourages victims of or witnesses to sexual harassment at Swami’s restaurants to come forward and report their experiences to the federal agency in connection with an EEOC lawsuit against the chain.

On May 17, 2023, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in federal court against Swami’s for sexual harassment and retaliation. The respondents include Swami’s 101 LLC dba Swami’s Café; Swami’s Vista LLC; Swami’s Carlsbad LLC

January 29, 2024

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Scripps Clinical Medical Group to Pay $6.875 Million

SAN DIEGO – Scripps Clinical Medical Group has settled an age and disability discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after it subjected a class of physicians to a mandatory retirement age, regardless of the individuals’ abilities to do the job, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC investigated the allegations and found reasonable cause to believe that Scripps Clinical Medical Group violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and

December 19, 2023

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EEOC Anuncia el Primer Webinar en Español Seminario para Empresarios

WASHINGTON - El 4 de agosto del 2022, la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) realizará un taller virtual de EEO para empleadores exclusivamente en español, la cual es una primicia para la agencia.

El evento de pago cubrirá la información esencial que todo empleador y gerente necesita entender para cumplir con su obligación legal de mantener un lugar de trabajo libre de acoso y discriminación ilegal.  Además, el taller se

July 22, 2022

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Albertsons to Pay $210,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit

SAN DIEGO – Albertsons LLC, a national retail grocery chain, has agreed to pay $210,000 to settle a class national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that Albertsons allowed a manager to harass Hispanic employees, particularly limited English-speaking employees, because they spoke Spanish, at an Albertsons store on Lake Murray Blvd. in La Mesa, California, formerly Store No. 6785. 

Such

June 2, 2020

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