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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company, a North Carolina-based soft drink company with a facility in Colfax, North Carolina, violated federal law when it required an employee to undergo a medical examination and discharged her because of a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, a former Cheerwine employee took medication for her disability, which had a side effect of deterioration in her

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Landmark Dodge, Inc., and Landmark South, Inc. (Landmark Dodge), the owners of automobile dealerships in Independence, Missouri and formerly in Belton, Missouri, will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit alleged Landmark Dodge had a policy of refusing to hire women for sales jobs and men for office jobs, and that the company retaliated

KANSAS CITY, Kan.–The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) violated federal law when it denied a promotion to an employee because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, KDHE passed over a seasoned employee for a Laboratory Technician II position because of her age. Despite her superior qualifications, experience and time at the department, the state instead appointed a younger

SAN JUAN, P.R. – Triple-S Vida, Inc. y Triple-S Management, Corp. (en conjunto, "Triple-S") han acordado pagar $100,000 y proporcionar otros tipos de compensación equitativa para resolver una demanda por discriminación por discapacidad presentada por la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés), anunció hoy la agencia federal.

Según la demanda de EEOC, una agente de ventas solicitó la reasignación a un puesto en la oficina como

SAN JUAN, P.R. – Triple-S Vida, Inc. and Triple-S Management, Corp. (together, “Triple S”) have agreed to pay $100,000 and provide other equitable 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, a traveling sales agent requested reassignment to an in-office position as a reasonable accommodation because her fibromyalgia symptoms limited her ability to drive for extended periods

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is inviting male job applicants who were not hired by Kickback Jack’s restaurants in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to contact the federal agency for possible inclusion in a sex discrimination case, the federal agency announced today.

On Sept. 25, 2024, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in federal court in Greensboro, N.C. against Battleground Restaurants, Inc., and Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc., doing business as Kickback

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – National restaurant chain Chipotle Services, Inc. will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) religious harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC suit alleged that in July 2021, at a Lenexa, Kansas, Chipotle restaurant, a supervisor began harassing one of his employees because of her religion. The employee, a teenager at the time, is a devout Muslim

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Battleground Restaurants, Inc., and Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc., North Carolina-based corporations that operate Kickback Jack’s restaurants, violated federal law when they refused to hire male applicants for non-managerial front of house positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, Battleground had, and continues to have, a policy or practice of intentionally failing to hire male applicants for front-of-house positions because of their

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Farmacias Carimas, una cadena de farmacias de la comunidad violó la ley federal cuando su gerente sometió a una empleada a un ambiente de trabajo sexualmente hostil, obligándola a renunciar, según denunció la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de Estados Unidos (EEOC) en una demanda presentada hoy.

Según la demanda, el gerente Khalid Yassin, sobrino del dueño de la empresa, Abdullah Yassin, atacó a una empleada antes

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Farmacias Carimas, a retail pharmacy chain, violated federal law when its manager subjected a female employee to a sexually hostile work environment, forcing her to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, manager Khalid Yassin, nephew of the company’s owner, Abdullah Yassin, attacked a female employee before closing the store at night, and subjected her to unwanted sexual contact

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Missouri- based trucking company Transportation Management Group, doing business as Wilson Logistics, for violating federal law when it refused to hire a deaf job applicant because of his disability.

According to the lawsuit filed today, the job applicant called Wilson Logistics seeking work as a truck driver. He possessed a commercial driver’s license, had relevant experience and had been granted an exemption from regulatory

GREENSBORO, N.C. – PepsiCo Beverage Sales, LLC violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to and fired a blind employee in its North Carolina call center, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, PepsiCo hired a blind employee as a customer care advocate for its Winston-Salem call center. The employee notified PepsiCo that he was blind and requested a reasonable