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MIAMI – The Miami District of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) successfully conciliated two discrimination charges on behalf of pregnant women, the federal agency announced today.

The first charge, against Brandt Information Services, Inc., a technology solutions company based in Tallahassee, Florida, claimed the company terminated a pregnant employee in November 2023 after she requested two and a half months of unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

ORLANDO, Fla. – Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., sellers of timeshare programs for hotels and vacation clubs, agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $175,000 and significant non-monetary relief, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged that management at Marriott Vacations Worldwide and Marriott Ownership Resorts initially provided a religious accommodation for a Seventh-Day Adventist employee which allowed her

ST. LOUIS – The owners and operators of a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, have agreed to pay $100,000 to a former general manager 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.

According to the suit, the general manager worked at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Omaha Downtown, which is owned and operated by Anant Enterprises, L.L.C.; Anant

ST. LOUIS – Multinational retailer Walmart violated federal law when it failed to provide effective means of communication to two employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC, the two employees were hired by Walmart as overnight stockers at a store in Olathe, Kansas. The employees, both of whom are deaf, required an interpreter for communica­tion during key times, such as orientation, training

MIAMI – A Hobe Sound, Florida residential assisted living and rehabilitation facility violated federal law when it subjected a Haitian to national origin discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, a Haitian applicant applied for an open nursing home administrator position at The Terrace at Hobe Sound. After interviewing for the position with the then-acting administrator, she was offered the job and a

ST. LOUIS – Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts and crafts retailer, will pay $50,000 to resolve 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, Hobby Lobby violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it failed to allow a part-time clerk at its Olathe, Kansas store to use her service dog on the job as a reasonable accommodation

ST. LOUIS – Hiland Dairy Foods, a Springfield, Missouri-based producer and distributor of dairy products, will pay $140,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, Hiland refused to hire a man to work at its Norman, Oklahoma, dairy plant because of his vision impairment. Hiland initially offered the applicant a dairy plant worker position knowing he had a

ST. LOUIS – Operators of an Omaha hotel violated federal law when they fired a general manager after being hospitalized for depression, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, the manager worked at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, which is owned and operated by Anant Enterprises, Anant Operations, and Farnam Lodging. He advised the companies’ human resources official in the fall of 2019 that

St. Petersburg, Fla. – The Princess Martha, an upscale senior living residence owned and managed by TJM Properties, violated federal law by revoking an applicant’s job offer because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the applicant, a veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), received an offer of employment from Princess Martha conditioned upon a negative drug test. During her

MIAMI – Noble House Solé, LLC, a resort hotel in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will pay $99,000 to a terminated room attendant who needed Saturdays off due to her religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Solé Miami accommodated the employee’s Sabbath observance for over ten months after she began her employment without incident.  Unfortunately, when a new supervisor came onboard, Solé Miami scheduled the employee

ORLANDO, Fla. – Shelley’s Septic Tank, Inc., a Florida company operating in the Orlando area, has agreed to pay $82,500 and furnish other relief to settle a same-sex sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC charged that Shelley’s violated federal law when a driver was sexually harassed by the company’s owner and fired in retaliation for complaining to the sheriff’s office

TAMPA, Fla. – Chipotle Services LLC, doing business as Chipotle Mexican Grill, a Mexican-style fast food chain, has agreed to pay $70,000 in damages and furnish other relief in order to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a male Chipotle crew person repeatedly made sexually offensive remarks about the body of a female Chipotle service manager at its International

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – United Parcel Service, Inc. violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC’s suit, a UPS human resources supervisor at a Jacksonville ware-house location referred to an employee with a disability as a “liability,” claiming that he could not do his job because of his diabetes. The employee requested the accommodation of an

MIAMI – Noble House Solé, LLC, a resort hotel in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., violated federal law when it fired a room attendant because she could not work on Saturdays due to her religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Solé Miami accommodated the employee’s Sabbath observance for over ten months without incident. When a new director of housekeeping started work there

ST. LOUIS – The Harlan Company, a St. Louis-based construction company, will pay $38,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged that The Harlan Company violated federal discrimination law by failing to hire a job applicant for a receptionist position in June 2019 because she was pregnant.

According to the EEOC, the company interviewed the

TAMPA, Fla. – Shelley’s Septic Tank, Inc, a Zellwood, Fla. company, violated federal law when a driver was sexually harassed by the company’s owner and discharged in retaliation for complaining to the sheriff’s office about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company’s owner, David Shelley, repeatedly made sexually charged comments to a male employee and engaged in unwelcome physical contact