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PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Schuff Steel Company, a steel fabrication company headquartered in Phoenix, agreed to pay $500,000 and implement companywide policy changes and prevention measures to resolve a lawsuit alleging race harassment, national origin harassment, and retaliation.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Schuff Steel violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by harassing Black and Latino employees at its Eloy, Arizona plant and

SOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (Res-Care), nationwide job-assistance companies doing business in New Mexico, violated federal law when they discriminated against an employee with a high-risk pregnancy and disabilities, and retaliated against her for requesting a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, Res-Care knew about Cheyenne Benavidez’ high-risk pregnancy and associated disabilities, punished her for pregnancy-related medical absences

PHOENIX – Bark If You’re Dirty, an Arizona pet store with locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, violated federal civil rights laws when it discriminated against employees because of sex, failed to prevent and remedy sexual harassment in its stores, and retaliated against employees who opposed the discriminatory and harassing conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, a male manager and a male employee at

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – 4Top Hospitality Group, Inc. and J.H.S. Holdings, LLC, operating as an integrated enterprise and doing business as Amerigo Italian restaurant in Memphis, violated federal law when it subjected an employee to sexual orientation discrimination and discharged the employee in retaliation after he complained of the discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, managers of the Italian eatery cultivated a hostile

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Aaron Thomas Company, Inc., a distribution company, and Supreme Staffing, LLC, a staffing agency, both based in Memphis, violated federal law by denying individuals employment on the bases of race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a suit filed this week.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least January 2018, Aaron Thomas and Supreme Staffing failed to refer and hire Black applicants for low-skill positions. The EEOC further alleged

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at multiple hospitals and medical facilities in the Phoenix area, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have resolved a disability discrimination lawsuit filed in 2020 by the EEOC, the federal agency announced today. The EEOC sued HonorHealth alleging that HonorHealth failed to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, including failing to provide reassignment. (EEOC v. Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Prestigious Placement and Prosero d/b/a Spinnaker Management Group, operating as joint employers, violated federal civil rights law when they engaged in discrimination by subjecting female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, beginning in at least February 2021, a male team lead routinely subjected female employees to inappropriate sexual comments and text messages. When

MEMPHIS – Barrett Distribution Center y Supreme Staffing LLC, que operan como empleadores conjuntos, violaron la ley federal de derechos civiles cuando tomaron represalias contra un empleado después de que se quejó de que Barrett discriminaba a los solicitantes y trabajadores a base de su origen nacional (hispano), la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC) acusó en una demanda presentada hoy.

De acuerdo con la demanda por

MEMPHIS – Barrett Distribution Center and Supreme Staffing LLC, operating as joint employers, violated federal civil rights law when they retaliated against an employee after he complained that Barrett discriminated against applicants and workers based on their national origin (Hispanic), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Supreme, a staffing agency, and Barrett, one of Supreme’s clients and one of the worksites where Supreme

BOULDER, Colo. – Teamsters Local Union # 455, a labor union with locations in Denver and Fort Morgan, Colorado, has agreed to pay $85,000 and provide other relief to resolve a federal lawsuit charging sexual harassment by one of its business agents brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit filed in September 2022, the union’s male business agent sexually harassed a female UPS

PHOENIX – A Walmart store in Bullhead City, Arizona violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for a cashier who has a seizure disorder, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.

According to the EEOC, Walmart fired Stevey Wiman because she had seizures that caused her to miss work. Walmart’s attendance policy allows for absences to be excused as an accommodation for a disability. But

OXFORD, Miss. – USF HOLLAND, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, Inc., and a less-than-truckload carrier, will pay $490,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

USF Holland’s Olive Branch, Mississippi terminal opened in 1986. The EEOC charged that it failed since that time to hire any female drivers at the terminal, except for one female whom

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, a construction management and general contracting company headquartered in Baltimore, will pay $1.2 million to a class of Black former workers and furnish other relief to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Whiting-Turner served as the prime contractor for the con­struction of the Google Data Center in

MEMPHIS – La Oficina del Distrito de Memphis de la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés) de los EE. UU. se está mudando, anunció hoy la agencia federal.La nueva oficina, que brindará mayor seguridad y accesibilidad para el público, se encuentra en 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 1400, Memphis, TN 38103. Los números de teléfono y las direcciones de correo electrónico seguirán siendo los mismos.

La Oficina

MEMPHIS – The Memphis District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is moving, the federal agency announced today. The new office, which should provide improved security and accessibility for the public, is 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 1400, Memphis, TN 38103. Telephone numbers and email addresses will remain the same.

The Memphis District Office is responsible for processing charges of discrimination against private, state, and local government employers in Arkansas, Tennessee, and parts

GREELEY, Colo. – Pneuline Supply, a Colorado parts manufacturer, will pay $44,250 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Pneuline fired a deaf employee after she complained of discrimination and requested to have a sign language interpreter during important meetings. The employee complained of discrimination because managers invited all other team members, except

PHOENIX – Circle K Stores Inc. ha firmado un acuerdo a nivel nacional con la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés) para resolver cargos de discriminación por discapacidad, embarazo y represalias, anunció hoy la agencia federal.

Esta resolución resuelve múltiples cargos de discriminación presentados contra Circle K y entidades relacionadas, poniendo fin a una investigación en la que la EEOC determinó que

PHOENIX – Circle K Stores Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve disability, pregnancy and retaliation discrimination charges, the federal agency announced today.

This resolution resolves multiple charges of discrimination filed against Circle K and related entities, ending an investigation in which the EEOC determined it had reasonable cause to believe Circle K denied reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees and those with disabilities, subjecting them

TUPELO, Miss. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Resourceful Environmental Services, headquartered in Ripley, Mississippi, reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve a charge of discrimination filed by a former employee alleging a hostile work environment based on the employee’s sexual orientation, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC determined that Resourceful Environmental Services subjected a male employee to a hostile work environment based upon his sexual orientation and stopped returning him

OREM, Utah – An Orem, Utah branch of Elwood Staffing Services, a nationwide staffing company, will pay $77,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC alleged in its suit that Elwood Staffing rescinded a conditional job offer because the applicant does not have a left hand. Elwood Staffing did not provide any reasonable accommodations to the applicant

GREELEY, Colo. – ’Murica LLC, operator of the Western-themed Starlite Station bar and dance hall in Greeley violated federal law when it subjected employees to a sexually hostile work environment, then retaliated against employees who opposed the employer’s actions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC suit, ’Murica LLC, created a sexually hostile work environment for both female and male employees.  The EEOC said the

Memphis, Tenn. – Supreme Staffing LLC, Inspire Hotel Staffing LLC, and Better Placement LLC, which together operate as an integrated enterprise staffing agency, violated federal civil rights law when they engaged in discrimination in the selection, referral, placement, and assignment of employees based on race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.      

According to the EEOC’s suit, beginning in at least January 2018, the staffing agencies discriminated against Black

PHOENIX -- Schuff Steel Company, una empresa de fabricación y montaje de acero, violó la ley federal al acosar a los empleados afroamericanos e hispanos en su ubicación en Eloy, Arizona y tomar represalias contra ellos cuando se quejaron, acusó la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC, por sus siglas en ingles) en una demanda presentada el 28 de septiembre del 2022.

Según la demanda de por

PHOENIX -- Schuff Steel Company, a steel fabrication and erection company, violated federal law by harassing African American and Hispanic employees at its location in Eloy, Arizona and retaliating against them when they complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed on September 28, 2022.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Schuff Steel’s Eloy plant manager regularly used racial slurs against Black and Hispanic employees, including using the N-word, as well