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TAMPA – Hare Krishna Lakeland, LLC, operating as a Motel 6 in Lakeland, Florida, resolved a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the charge filed with the agency, the Lakeland Motel 6 discriminated against an employee of the basis of disability, ultimately forcing her to quit her job in approximately July 2023.

“The hotel industry often faces persistent labor shortages,” said EEOC Miami District

TAMPA, Fla. – Independent Medical Group, LLC (IMG), a health care provider with several clinics across Florida, agreed to conciliate an age discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

During the EEOC’s investigation of the charge, the agency found reasonable cause to believe the provider violated federal law by terminating an employee on the basis of age in July 2023. The company’s alleged conduct violated the

INDIANAPOLIS – Holsum of Fort Wayne, Inc., a wholesale bakery with two locations in northern Indiana, will pay $50,000, amend workplace policies, and offer additional training to its employees 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, Holsum maintained a policy prohibiting the use of personal items in the production area. In August 2020, one of its supervisors

TAMPA – Elon Property Management LLC, a residential property management company operating in several states, including Florida, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Elon retaliated against a district manager for taking a medical leave of absence when it placed her on a performance improvement plan the day she

TAMPA, Fla. – Fluent Servicing, LLC, a Tampa-based medical marijuana treatment center, violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for and then fired an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) charged in a federal lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee had a seizure at work and called out sick for a handful of days. Fluent then instructed the employee to obtain a doctor’s

INDIANAPOLIS – Bossman Tacos, LLC, doing business as Boss Man Tacos, violated federal law at its Highland, Indiana restaurant by subjecting female employees to a hostile work environment because of their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least November 2021, Boss Man Tacos knew its head chef and other male cooks were sexually harassing its female servers, some of whom

ST. LOUIS – The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and against Omaha, Nebraska-based Werner Trucking on July 10.

The EEOC’s lawsuit alleged Werner violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to hire a qualified deaf truck driver because he was deaf. In September 2023, a Nebraska jury agreed and awarded $75,000 in compensatory damages and $36 million in

KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Malone Workforce Solutions subjected female employees at the company’s Omaha, Nebraska, healthcare staffing office to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, male employees continually made harassing and derogatory comments to female employees and engaged in lewd, sexually explicit conversations in open work spaces where female employees could not avoid them. When one of the women asked to be

ST. LOUIS – Miller’s Grill, a Washington, Missouri restaurant, violated federal law when its owner made crude sexual comments and inappropriately touched an employee, then demoted her, reduced her hours, and failed to pay her at the appropriate pay rate because of her sex and because she refused his sexual advances, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Miller’s Grill owner Larry Miller made

DETROIT – Navitas Systems, LLC, an Ann Arbor, Michigan battery manufacturer, will pay $95,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Navitas maintained a policy which required any employee returning from medical leave to be 100% free from restrictions. An employee suffered severe injuries to his left arm; his doctor temporarily restricted him from

TAMPA, Fla. – CEMEX Construction Materials Florida, LLC, which manufactures and delivers building construction materials, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s request to wear a close-fitting skirt over her pants as required by her religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, CEMEX refused to allow an employee, who is an Apostolic Christian, a religious accommodation that allowed her to

ST. LOUIS – The Carlstar Group LLC, a Tennessee-based manufacturer of specialty tires and wheels, violated federal law when it discriminated against employees at its facilities in Clinton and Jackson, Tennessee, and Aiken, South Carolina, because the workers lawfully used certain prescription medications to treat their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, since at least January 2020, Carlstar has denied opportunities to

TAMPA, Fla. – A federal jury awarded $405,083 to a veteran in a disability discrimination case against a St. Petersburg, Fla. senior living facility and its operating companies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, The Princess Martha, the senior living facility managed by TJM Property Management and TJM Properties Inc., violated federal law when they denied a reasonable accommodation and refused to hire a veteran who applied

DETROIT – The Phoenix Center, a mental health and substance abuse recovery center headquartered in Ironton, Ohio, will pay $65,610 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Center.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, on or around Aug. 25, 2021, a woman applied for a case manager position at one of The Phoenix Center’s four Ohio facilities but was rejected a month later because of her chronic

ST. LOUIS – Dolgencorp, LLC, which operates Dollar General stores nationwide, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee with disabilities, forced her to quit when she called in sick, and retaliated against her for reporting the conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the manager at Dollar General’s Olustee, Oklahoma, location told the employee, who suffers from panic attacks, that the

BEDFORD, Ind. – General Motors (GM) and the international union of United Auto Workers violated federal law when they negotiated a collective bargaining agreement which limited short-term disability payments to older workers who receive Social Security Retirement benefits, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, since at least 2019, the agreement between the parties provided that GM will pay weekly benefits to employees who miss

TAMPA, Fla. – Elon Property Management LLC (Elon), a property management company based in Lakewood, New Jersey, violated federal law by retaliating against an employee for utilizing disability leave and maintaining a policy that screened out and discriminated against a class of employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, Elon retaliated against a district manager for taking a medical leave of absence

CLARKSTON, Mich. – Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they fired a transgender employee and three of his colleagues after they complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC said the harassment included repeated misgendering, deadnaming (using a name a person no longer uses against their wishes) and publicizing his birth name without consent.

According to the lawsuit, Asher

ST. LOUIS –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits today alleging sexual harassment and retaliation for reporting harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

“The EEOC is committed to promoting equal opportunity for all workers, and that includes removing barriers such as sexual harassment,” said Andrea G. Baran, regional attorney of the EEOC’s St. Louis office. “Unfortunately, some employers fail to adequately protect their employees from

TAMPA, Fla. – ABC Pest Control, Inc., which provides residential and commercial pest control services across five counties in Florida, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a pregnancy accommodation charge, the federal agency announced today.

In the charge, an employee alleged that ABC Pest Control fired her after she requested a reasonable accommodation to attend monthly medical appointments for her pregnancy. The termination violated the Pregnant

INDIANAPOLIS – Wabash National Corporation, a nationwide producer of semi-trailers and other commercial trucking equipment, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s known pregnancy-related limitation and subjected her to an unlawful medical inquiry, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Wabash denied a pregnant employee’s accommodation request to transfer to a role that did not require lying on her stomach. Instead

TULSA, Okla. – AG Equipment Company, a Broken Arrow, Oklahoma compressor packaging manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired 10 employees for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination because of their religious beliefs or medical restrictions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in the fall of 2021, AG Equipment mandated all employees receive a COVID-19 vaccination and told workers no exceptions would be

TAMPA, Fla. – Asphalt Paving Systems, Inc. (APS), an asphalt paving company with offices in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Tennessee, agreed to pay $1.25 million and furnish comprehensive injunctive 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 EEOC’s lawsuit, APS subjected 12 Black former employees and a class of other Black employees, to frequent, severe harassment because

TAMPA, Fla. – J.A. Croson, a Sorrento, Florida-based plumbing and HVAC contractor, agreed to pay $1.6 million and to provide other equitable relief to settle a race and national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of 17 former Black and Hispanic J.A. Croson employees, the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that the company subjected a class of Black and Hispanic