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DETROIT – Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells, operators of several Taco Bell restaurants in the metropolitan Detroit area, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Sundance and Black River Bells employed an area coach who exercised managerial control over several of their Taco Bell locations. For months in 2022, he

DETROIT – FCA US, LLC, an international automobile manufacturer of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat car brands, violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee’s request to observe the Sabbath and take unpaid leave for Passover, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, FCA initially allowed the employee a religious accommodation which excused him from working during the Jewish Sabbath. However, FCA

LAS VEGAS – Venetian Las Vegas Gaming, LLC and Venetian Las Vegas Marketing, Inc. (collectively doing business as “The Venetian Resort Las Vegas”), a hotel and casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip, will pay $850,000 and implement significant policy changes via a three-year consent decree to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged that the Venetian Resort

DETROIT– PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, violated federal law at multiple locations in the Detroit area by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities attempting to return to work following Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, PACE maintained a policy which treated any employee unable to return to work

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Mead Johnson & Company, a manufacturer of baby formula, violated federal law at its Zeeland, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accom­modation to an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a 32-year employee of Mead Johnson underwent major foot and ankle surgery in July 2020 that was complicated by a post-operative infection. She

DETROIT – Proctor Financial, Inc., an insurance company based in Troy, Michigan that provides insurance products for residential and commercial properties, will pay $67,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s suit, the employee filed a charge with the EEOC in which she alleged that she was denied a promotion due to her race. Roughly three months after she filed her charge, the employee

DETROIT – Global charitable organization The Salvation Army violated federal law at its Ann Arbor, Michigan thrift store when it fired a cashier because of his mental and physical disa­bilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an employment coordinator from Michigan Ability Partners attended the employee’s initial interview and advised the store manager of the emp­loyee’s disabilities. The employee was hired with the