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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

OXFORD, MS – Lodging Lane Hospitality, doing business as Home2 Suites and owned and operated by One by NP, violated federal civil rights laws when it allowed one of its managers to subject a female housekeeper at the hotel to ongoing sexual harassment and then fired her shortly after she complained about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.   

According to the EEOC’s suit, the manager

Fort Smith, Ark. –Hospital Housekeeping Services (HHS) violated federal law when it terminated employees who failed its Essential Functions Test (EFT) because of their disabilities, despite their ability to perform their job, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today. The lawsuit alleges the EFT screened out individuals with  disabilities.  
              
According to the EEOC’s suit, around 2015, HHS began requiring its employees to take the EFT at hire, annually

OXFORD, Miss. – Labor Source, L.L.C. doing business as Wise Staffing, part of Wise Staffing Group, one of the largest staffing services in the Southeast, will pay $40,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charging failure to hire based on pregnancy, the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Labor Source / Wise Staffing, headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, failed to hire a qualified pregnant

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Lonza America LLC, a New Jersey-based company in the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry, will pay $150,000 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.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that Lonza terminated a 14-year employee at its Charleston, Tenn., plant after the employee twice tested positive for a legally controlled substance. The lawsuit further alleged that

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – White River Health System, Inc., headquartered in Batesville, Ark., will pay $52,500 to four former employees as part of the settlement of an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
    
According to the EEOC’s suit, filed in February 2020, White River fired four employees because White River’s insurance policy excluded anyone over the age of 72 from driving. The

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – USAble Life (USAL), an insurance company based in Florida and Little Rock, will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, USAL first received notice around March 26, 2018 of the complaints of an employee in its Little Rock office to a third party that the company was discriminating against her based on

TUPELO, Miss. – First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

First Metropolitan operates a consumer loan and finance company in various towns across north Mississippi and in Bolivar and Memphis, Tenn. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that First Metropolitan paid the female branch managers lower salaries than male branch managers, despite the male

OXFORD – Valley Tool, Inc., a precision machine shop facility located in Water Valley, Miss., has agreed to pay $32,500 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged a sorter with sickle cell disease requested that Valley Tool allow her to take leave on the occasional days her blood disorder made her too ill to work. Instead, the suit alleged

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Bryce Corporation, an integrated manufacturer which produces flexible packaging products for food, household, graphic arts and consumer products, will pay $50,000 and provide other relief to resolve an equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  

The EEOC’s complaint charged that Bryce failed to pay equal pay for equal work when Bryce hired a male senior business analyst and paid him $18,000 more