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VANCOUVER, Wash. — Innovative Services NW (ISNW), una organización sin fines de lucro que brinda programas para personas con discapacidades y otros para desarrollar su autosuficiencia a través de servicios educativos, terapéuticos y de empleo, violó la ley federal cuando se negó a acomodar a una empleada con una discapacidad degenerativa de la cadera y, en cambio, la despidió, alegó la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Innovative Services NW (ISNW), a nonprofit providing programs for people with disabilities and others to build self-reliance through educational, therapeutic, and employment services, violated federal law when it refused to accommodate an employee with a degenerative hip impairment and instead fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Carly Romero had worked as a janitor for ISNW’s Janitorial Services Program

CHELAN, Wash. – Sather Management, Inc., una empresa de servicios de gestión agrícola, acordó en proporcionar indemnizaciones monetarias y tomar otras medidas para resolver un cargo de acoso sexual presentado ante la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE. UU., anunció hoy la agencia.

Luego de una investigación federal, la EEOC encontró causa razonable para creer que el supervisor de la trabajadora agrícola, Beatriz Farias Mendoza, le exigió una relación

YAKIMA, Wash. —  Chief Orchards Administration Services, una empresa de árboles frutales con sede en Yakima, Washington, acordó en pagar $127,500 a una exempleada y brindar otro alivio para resolver una demanda por acoso sexual presentada por la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés) de los EE. UU., la agencia federal anunció hoy.

De acuerdo con la demanda por la EEOC, Chief Orchards permitió que un

YAKIMA, Wash. — Chief Orchards Administrative Services, a tree fruit business based in Yakima, Washington, has agreed to pay $127,500 to a former employee and to provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Chief Orchards permitted a male picker to harass a female Latina checker over the course of the 2017 and 2018 seasons

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

RENTON, Wash. – CCS Facility Services, Inc. has agreed to provide payment and furnish other relief to resolve a sexual harassment complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

The Latina janitor who filed the charge with the EEOC alleged that she suffered sexual comments, unwelcome touching and other unwanted sexual conduct by her direct supervisor for well over a year, despite making multiple complaints.  

Following an extensive investigation

ST. LOUIS – Outwest Express, a transportation services company, and American One Source, a professional employer organization that provides human resource services, have agreed to pay $90,000 to voluntarily resolve a sex discrimination and retaliation charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission, the federal agency announced today. Both companies are based in El Paso, Texas.

The agreement announced today resolves a charge of discrimination filed with the EEOC alleging that a female recruiter

EVERETT, Wash. —Red Robin International, Inc., a casual dining chain with restaurants throughout the United States and Canada, violated federal law when it allowed a male line cook to sexually harass female employees despite repeated notice of such unlawful behavior, and then retaliated against them for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a line cook at Red Robin’s Everett

ST. LOUIS – Landmark Dodge and Landmark South, an Independence, Mo. auto dealership, violated federal law by segregating its sales and office employees by sex, hiring only men for sales jobs and women for office jobs and retaliating against employees who challenged the discriminatory hiring practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, for at least two years from May 2017 to May 2019, Landmark

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

SEATTLE — Gig Harbor, Washington-based staffing agency SmartTalent violated federal law by repeatedly refusing to assign female workers to certain temporary jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court.

The agency is now seeking workers with information or experiences with SmartTalent’s application and assignment practices.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, SmartTalent honored requests made by some business clients to fill positions with male workers only. The EEOC

ST. LOUIS – Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts-and-crafts retailer, violated federal law when it refused to reasonably accommodate a cashier at its Olathe, Kansas store by allowing her to use a service dog and then fired her because of her disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, the employee advised her manager that she needed to bring her fully trained service dog

SEATTLE — GIPHX10, LLC, y Jaffer, Inc., empresas con sede en Edmonton, Canadá, que operaron como Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham hasta noviembre del 2021, acordaron pagar $370,000 a dos ex empleadas de limpieza y proporcionar otro alivio para resolver una demanda iniciada por la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los EE. UU., por acoso sexualanunció hoy la agencia federal.

De acuerdo con la demanda por la EEOC, los propietarios

SEATTLE — GIPHX10, LLC, and Jaffer, Inc., Edmonton, Canada-based companies that operated as Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham until November 2021, have agreed to pay $370,000 to two female former house­keeping employees and to provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit initiated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the owners permitted the male maintenance/housekeeping manager to sexually harass two female housekeepers at

ST LOUIS – ResourceMFG, una compañía nacional de personal especializado en manufactura, violó la ley federal cuando no refirió a una solicitante de empleo de Oklahoma porque no nació en los Estados Unidos, acusó la Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los EE. UU. (EEOC, por sus siglas en inglés) en una demanda presentada recientemente.

Según la demanda por la EEOC, Anke Hicks, ciudadana estadounidense naturalizada nacida en Alemania, entrevistó con

ST. LOUIS – ResourceMFG, a national manufacturing specialty staffing company, violated federal law when it failed to refer an Oklahoma job applicant for employment because she was not born in the United States, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a recently filed lawsuit.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Anke Hicks, a German-born naturalized U.S. citizen, interviewed with a ResourceMFG recruiter in February 2020 and was offered a position at XPO Logistics, a

BOISE, Idaho — Recruiting services company Jivaro Professional Headhunters will pay $125,000 to a former employee and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the former employee, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Felicia Bauer was hired as a senior technical recruiter to work at the company’s Hailey, Idaho facility. After Bauer was hospitalized due to her

PORTLAND, Ore. — Construction software developer Viewpoint, Inc. and its recruiter CampusPoint Corporation will pay $225,000 and provide significant affirmative relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, CampusPoint selected the applicant to interview for an analyst position with its client Viewpoint, with both companies agreeing that he was highly qualified, and his experience was “ideal.” However

SEATTLE — Fast food chain Chipotle Services LLC and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., violated federal law by subjecting young female employees to egregious and ongoing sexual harassment from October 2019 to June 2020, severe enough to force two employees to leave their jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Chipotle cultivated a toxic work environment when it allowed a male service manager and

RIDGEFIELD, Wash. — National retailer subsidiary Dollar Tree Distribution will pay $50,000 to a job applicant with a hearing impairment 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, Dollar Tree Distribution refused to hire a deaf applicant for a general warehouse associate position at its Ridgefield, Washington facility in June 2019, and instead hired

SEATTLE —Spokane Valley-based HVAC contractor Air Control Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., which does business as Air Control Heating & Electric, Inc., violated federal law when it permitted its top executive to sexually harass female employees despite being put on repeated notice of his behavior, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court today.

According to the allegations in the EEOC’s suit, Air Control’s founder, owner and president

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland-based veterinary services Hannah’s, Inc. and Hannah’s Pet Hospitals, Inc. will pay over $43,000 and make significant changes to its policies and internal complaint procedures to settle a sexual harassment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation showed that a male veterinarian began to sexually harass a pet nurse shortly after she was hired at Hannah’s Tigard, Oregon clinic, conduct

JUNEAU, Alaska – Club Demonstration Services, Inc., the in-house event marketing provider whose sales advisors demonstrate products in Costco warehouses throughout Asia, Australia, Europe and North America, will pay $50,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal civil rights agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the employee was working for Club Demonstration Services as a sales advisor at the Costco Warehouse in Juneau