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EEOC Sues Yellowhouse Machinery for Disability Discrimination

OKLAHOMA CITY — Yellowhouse Machinery Co., operator of construction and heavy equipment dealerships across Texas and Oklahoma, violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability at its McAlester, Oklahoma dealership, ultimately forcing her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, Yellowhouse employed a receptionist who suffers from debilitating chronic migraines triggered by prolonged exposure

September 29, 2025

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EEOC Sues Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company for Disability Discrimination

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

September 10, 2025

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Male Job Seekers Not Hired by Kickback Jack’s Restaurants May Have Suffered Discrimination, EEOC Says

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

April 3, 2025

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Kickback Jack’s Sued by EEOC for Failing to Hire Males for Front-of-House Positions

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

September 25, 2024

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EEOC Sues Wilson Logistics for Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act

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

July 31, 2024

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Dollar General to Pay $295,000 in EEOC Age Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

ST. LOUIS – Dollar General Stores will pay $295,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) age discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, from July 2016 until January 2018, a newly hired Dollar General regional director in Oklahoma harassed district managers who were in their 50s and older by calling them “grumpy old men,” telling them he was building “a millennial

July 16, 2024

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EEOC Sues PepsiCo for Failing to Accommodate and Firing a Blind Employee

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

May 31, 2024

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EEOC y CCS Facility Services Concilian Hallazgos de Acoso Sexual

RENTON, Wash. – CCS Facility Services, Inc. acordó en pagar y proporcionar otro alivio para resolver una queja de acoso sexual presentada ante la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los EE. UU., anunció hoy la agencia. 

La conserje latina que presentó el cargo ante la EEOC alegó que sufrió comentarios sexuales, manoseos y otras conductas sexuales no deseadas por parte de su supervisor directo durante más de un año

December 22, 2022

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