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NEW ORLEANS – Oil field service companies Bigfoot Energy Services and Iron Mountain Energy Services, operating as a single employer, violated federal law by failing to prevent widespread sexual and racial harassment in their workforce, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Sept. 27.

According to the suit, the companies’ male employees frequently engaged in sexually demeaning conduct, including sharing pornographic images and making sexually offensive comments. Additionally, employees

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits against two companies to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the federal agency announced today.

“Harassment in the workplace based on gender identity is sex discrimination, and it’s against the law,” said EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride. “Transgender people have the same rights as everyone else to be safe at work and to have their humanity respected. Employers who

FARGO, N.D. – Mail Hauler Trucking, LLC., which delivers mail for the United States Postal Service in North Dakota and South Dakota, violated federal law by terminating an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, a company driver who formerly delivered mail between various post offices on a route between Watertown and Corona in northeastern South Dakota had a physical

MINDEN, La. – Minden Seafood, LLC, a seafood restaurant in Minden, Louisiana, violated federal law when it failed to stop a male worker from repeatedly sexually harassing a female employee and refused to rehire her after she quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the female employee was a cashier at the restaurant. A coworker repeatedly and persistently subjected her to unwelcome sexual advances

NEW ORLEANS – Gracious, LLC, a New Orleans-based company doing business as Gracious Bakery + Café, agreed to pay a former employee $46,500 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company violated federal law after it fired an employee for missing two shifts at the bakery to seek emergency medical treatment related to her pregnancy. Although the

CHICAGO – Admiral Theatre, Inc., an exotic dance club providing adult entertainment services, violated federal law by subjecting female dancers to hostile and dangerous work conditions, according to a new lawsuit filed by the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today.

According to the suit, Admiral Theatre allowed the creation of a hostile environment for entertainers, who were exposed to dangerous, harassing, and sometimes violent behavior from club patrons which included grabbing, groping, slapping, and

CHICAGO – Timken, Inc., which manufactures a range of supportive mechanical devices for industrial and aerospace uses, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it rescinded a job offer from a qualified applicant with decades of manufacturing experience because he is hard of hearing, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, Timken interviewed the applicant, an engineer with decades of manufacturing experience, and offered

CHICAGO – Reggio’s Pizza, Inc., which operates restaurants and sells ready-made pizza throughout Chicago, violated federal law when it retaliated against an employee who objected to workplace harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, Reggio’s Pizza fired an employee at its O’Hare Airport location because she complained about harassment. The employee, who is transgender, reported to the company that she believed a manager had

CHICAGO – Helia Healthcare, doing business as Doctors Nursing Rehabilitation Center, violated federal laws by subjecting a licensed practical nurse to sexual harassment by a supervisor, failing to accommodate a short medical leave of absence, and then retaliating against her for reporting the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, a nurse who worked at Helia’s rehabilitation center in Salem, Illinois, was sexually harassed

CHICAGO – Alto Ingredients, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated an electrician from its campus in Pekin, Illinois, because of his disability, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, when the electrician applied for a job at Alto, he told the company that he was disabled due to back injury sustained during

THIBODAUX, La. – X-Treme Tech Services, LLC, which provides marine electronic services, violated federal law when a supervisor repeatedly sexually harassed a female employee and then fired her after she resisted his advances, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the female employee was an administrative assistant for X-Treme Tech and her supervisor repeatedly and persistently subjected her to unwelcome sexual advances. His conduct included

LAS VEGAS – DTG Las Vegas, LLC; Fifth Street Gaming, LLC; and DTG Las Vegas Manager, LLC, which operate the Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, will pay $720,000 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. The EEOC also charged the company with unlawfully retaliating against employees who sought their rights to reasonable accommodations.

According to

CHICAGO – Delivery company DHL will pay $8.7 million and be subject to the oversight of a court-appointed monitor to settle a class race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its suit that DHL assigned its Black employees to routes in neighborhoods with higher crime rates compared to those assigned to its white drivers, gave Black employees much heavier dock work

CHICAGO – Urbana School District No. 116 agreed to pay $206,301 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the Urbana School District limited the salary increases of Charles Koplinski and a group of other teachers over the age of 45 because of their age, due to a provision of a collective bargaining agreement between the school district and

NEW ORLEANS – Eagle Marine Services Electrical and Refrigeration, LLC, a marine services company based in Berwick, Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former job applicant $45,000 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 company withdrew a job offer after a company-ordered medical examination revealed the candidate had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and took prescribed

BISMARCK, N.D. – Jacobson Memorial Hospital Care Center, a critical access hospital in Elgin, North Dakota, will pay $45,000 and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, the hospital violated federal law when it fired a Black nursing aide in retaliation six days after she reported that a co-worker called her the “n-word” in May 2019.

Such alleged conduct

NEW ORLEANS – Drug and medical testing supply company American Screening, LLC, has agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, a Black employee interviewed and was selected for a sales position with American Screening while wearing a wig with long, straight hair. After she stopped wearing the wig and started

CHICAGO – Sis-Bro, Inc., a hog farm in New Athens, Illinois, violated federal law when it allowed an employee to be harassed because of her sex and gender identity, forcing her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the targeted employee, who was a high performer, began her transition in 2018. From that time, Sis-Bro’s co-owner made frequent, derogatory comments about the targeted

NEW ORLEANS – Pharmacy and retailer Walgreens Co. has agreed to pay $205,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.                                                                   

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Walgreens violated federal law when one of its stores in Alexandria, Louisiana refused to allow a pregnant employee with impairments to take emergency leave to seek medical attention, forcing her to quit. The

CHICAGO – Voyant Beauty, LLC will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its suit that Voyant terminated an employee on her first day of work upon learning that she is deaf. The company did so even though she was qualified for the job and could have performed its essential functions with

NEW ORLEANS – Gracious, LLC, a company based in New Orleans and doing business as Gracious Bakery + Café, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of a medical condition related to her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed February 16, 2024.

According to the EEOC, the bakery operator violated federal law when it fired an employee after missing two shifts to seek emergency medical treatment

NEW ORLEANS – Affordable Rent-to-Own, LLC, doing business as Affordable Home Furnishings, a furniture retailer and lessor based in Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former employee $105,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a white account manager at Affordable Home Furnishings’ Florida Boulevard store in Baton Rouge repeatedly used the word “n****r” while working with

NEW ORLEANS – J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company based in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former employee $105,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, J&M Industries violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her age after she refused to retire when she turned 65 years old. A company

CHICAGO – Blackwell Security Services, Inc. will pay $70,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its suit that Blackwell refused to accommodate an employee’s religious practice, needlessly forcing him to choose between his religion and his livelihood. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee, who worked as a concierge in Chicago, Illinois, is