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NEW YORK – Icon Burger Acquisition, LLC, an international hamburger restaurant chain operating under the name Smashburger, has agreed to pay $70,000 and implement substantial non-monetary measures to settle a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Smashburger manager in Long Island, N.Y., subjected an African American employee to a racially hostile work environment, frequently referring to him by

PHILADELPHIA –Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a Stratford, Conn.-based manufacturer of helicopters for commercial and military use, will pay $107,500 and furnish equitable relief to resolve a federal race discrimination, harassment and retaliation lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC charged that a white supervisor and employees routinely made racially based derogatory slurs and remarks to African American employees who worked in the prep and paint department at Sikorsky’s facility in Coatesville

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Engie Services Inc., a Canadian company that provides baggage handling and maintenance services at airports across the country, violated federal anti-discrimination laws when its supervisors harassed African American male employees at its Birmingham International Airport facility, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, supervisors subjected two African American male employees to sexual harassment and subjected one to racial harassment. A

PHOENIX – Trafficade Service, Inc., a Phoenix-based work zone services company, has agreed to pay $82,390 and provide other equitable relief to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging it harassed emp­loyees based on national origin and then retaliated against them for complaining, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Trafficade managers and employees repeatedly used racial slurs when referring to two Mexican American employees and created an unsafe workplace for them. The EEOC

RALEIGH, N.C. – Thompson Construction Group, Inc., a heavy industrial contractor based in Sumter, S.C., will pay $115,000 and provide other relief to settle a race dis­crimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC had charged that Thompson Construction Group violated federal law when it fired an African American employee because of his race. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee worked as a pipefitter

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Paper products manufacturers Schwarz Partners LP and Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of two African American workers at a manufacturing plant located in McClellan, Calif., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to EEOC’s suit, co-workers and a shift supervisor commonly used racial slurs and taunts, even broadcasting these phrases over the plant’s radio system. The African American

NEW YORK – American Glory Restaurant Corp. violated federal law by subjecting its employees to racial and sexual harassment and by retaliating against an employee who objected to the racial harassment he experienced, the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. American Glory operates restaurant locations in Hudson and Tannersville, N.Y.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, American Glory’s owner and president repeatedly subjected Black employees to racist comments and slurs

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Presbyterian Healthcare Services, operating Lincoln County Medical Center and its emergency services unit in Ruidoso, N.M., will pay $150,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for race discrimination and retaliation brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Lincoln County Medical Center subjected Tabitha Knoll-Billingsley, an African American emergency medical technician, to race discrimination and then retaliated against her

CUPERTINO, CA – A San Jose-based electrical subcontractor at the Apple Park construc­tion project, Air Systems Inc. (ASI), will pay $1,250,000 to eight African American former employees and provide other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the racial harassment included racist graffiti of swastikas and racial epithets drawn on the walls of the portable toilets

PHOENIX – Trafficade Service, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected two Hispanic employees to verbal and physical harassment because of their national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC further charged that Trafficade retaliated against the same two employees for opposing the harassment.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Trafficade managers and employees repeatedly used racial slurs when referring to the employees and created an unsafe workplace

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the settlement of an age discrimination lawsuit against Pasadena, Calif.-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The laboratory has agreed to pay $10 million, along with injunctive relief, in order to reach an early resolution of the suit.

According to the EEOC, JPL systemically laid off employees over the age of 40 in favor of retaining younger employees. The complaint also alleges that older employees

ALBANY, N.Y. – CCC Group, Inc., violated federal law when it fostered a work environment rife with racist comments and discriminatory work conditions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed.

The San Antonio, Texas-based construction company operated a construction site in Ravena, N.Y., in 2016. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, white supervisors and employees regularly made unwelcome racist comments, used racial slurs, threatened black employees with nooses, and subjected African

SAN DIEGO – Albertsons LLC, a national retail grocery chain, has agreed to pay $210,000 to settle a class national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that Albertsons allowed a manager to harass Hispanic employees, particularly limited English-speaking employees, because they spoke Spanish, at an Albertsons store on Lake Murray Blvd. in La Mesa, California, formerly Store No. 6785. 

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SAN FRANCISCO – Nationwide senior care provider Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an African American caregiver working at Brookdale’s Auburn, Calif., facility overheard co-workers use a phrase with racial connotations offensive to the caregiver. Soon after the caregiver complained about the comments and

RALEIGH, N.C. – Thompson Construction Group, Inc., a heavy industrial contractor based in Sumter, S.C., violated federal law when it fired a black employee because of his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the African American employee began working as a pipefitter foreman for Thompson Construction Group around July 2018 at a job site in Semora, N.C. The pipefitter foreman was assigned