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PHOENIX – Central Transport, LLC, a nationwide trucking company based in Warren, Michigan with over 200 regional and local facilities, will pay $5.5 million to resolve a federal lawsuit charging the company with violating federal law when it intentionally refused to hire qualified female truck drivers throughout the country, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Central Transport, for at least the past ten years, repeatedly passed over

CHICAGO – Walmart agreed to pay $230,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability hiring discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a deaf applicant applied online for a stocking position at a Walmart in Decatur, Illinois. When an associate responsible for screening applicants from Walmart reached out to him to set up an interview, the deaf applicant requested an

DENVER – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the filing of a federal court action to enforce two administrative subpoenas issued against Psychological Dimensions, LLC, a company which conducts psychological assessments for job applicants with the Arapahoe Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) and the Board of County Commissions for Arapahoe County (BCCAC).

The EEOC issued the subpoenas as part of its investigation into the hiring practices of ACSO and BCCAC under Title VII of

WASHINGTON – Over the past 15 months of the second Trump Administration, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the leadership of Chair Andrea Lucas has undertaken exhaustive efforts to restore evenhanded enforcement of employment civil rights laws on behalf of all Americans, including by delivering on Administration civil rights enforcement priorities and implementing key deliverables entrusted to the EEOC in 11 different Executive Orders.[i]

The majority of the EEOC’s law enforcement work

WASHINGTON — The New York Times Company, a global news publisher based in New York, N.Y., violated federal law when it passed over a white male employee for a promotion because of his race and/or sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, The New York Times chose not to promote a well-qualified white male employee because of his race and/or sex. The New

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a second action in federal court to enforce a third subpoena it issued during its investigation into claims that Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) engaged in discriminatory employment practices, including discriminatory interviewing, hiring, promoting, or classifying of Native American applicants and employees.

In August 2024, EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas filed a Commissioner’s charge against GMCS, which is comprised of multiple

WASHINGTON — Today, the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias published a report detailing how the Biden Administration’s prosecutions, policies, and practices demonstrated anti-Christian bias throughout the federal government, in accordance with Executive Order 14202. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) worked closely with the Department of Justice to advance this significant effort.

The 200-page report collects the detailed findings of the seventeen federal agencies on the Task Force, as well as other

FLORENCE, S.C. – Florence CK, LLC, a Comfort Keepers franchisee providing in-home caregiving in Florence, agreed to pay $324,200 and furnish other relief to resolve a discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its charge investigation, the EEOC found reasonable cause to believe that the company, which provides services across South Carolina, discriminated against a new employee attending orientation in November 2023, violating four different

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lori’s Gift’s, Inc., a nationwide chain of hospital gift shops, will pay $600,000 and provide other equitable 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, Lori’s Gifts engaged in companywide unlawful employment practices since at least 2018, including using unlawful screening criteria and preemployment inquiries, and refused to hire qualified individuals with disabilities based on

GREENSBORO, N.C. – PepsiCo Beverage Sales, LLC, a Delaware company operating a facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, agreed to pay $270,000 and work with an accessibility consultant to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, PepsiCo hired a blind employee as a customer care advocate for its Winston-Salem call center in April 2022. The employee requested a reasonable

ST. LOUIS – Allied Services, LLC, doing business as Allied Waste Services of the Ozarks / Republic Services of the Ozarks, which provides waste management services nationwide, will pay $200,000 to settle a sex discrimination in hiring lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in May 2020, Jamie Mendoza applied to work for Republic Services as a garbage truck driver based out

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Personnel Staffing Inc., an agency providing staffing services in more than 15 states across the southeastern U.S., will pay $155,000 to a class of female employees, conciliating an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found that Personnel Staffing discriminated against a class of female workers between Aug. 14, 2020 and Aug. 1, 2023, based on their sex, when the company failed

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – iPRO Dental Laboratory, Inc., a Fort Lauderdale manufacturer of dental restoration products, will pay $30,000 to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that the company fired a newly hired employee in January 2023 after learning she was pregnant. The employee started work on a Monday, informed the company she was pregnant

RENO, Nev. – Blue Eagle Contracting, Inc., a Grass Valley, California-based bulk mail delivery contractor for the U.S. Postal Service, violated federal law when it failed to return a Christian employee truck driver to a weekday shift so he could attend Sunday morning church services, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in September 2022, Blue Eagle hired the driver, who informed supervisors of

SAN FRANCISCO – A multinational technology consulting company doing business in the United States as HCL America, Inc., and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, agreed to pay $495,000 and provide injunctive relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in August 2024, the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, in July 2021, HCL America rejected a qualified 62-year-old job applicant of Indian descent, who applied for a

ATLANTA – Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), an international logistics company, violated federal law and discriminated against an employee at its Forest Park, Georgia warehouses when it denied her a reasonable accommodation and then discharged her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Exel denied a reasonable accommodation to a disabled, former temporary employee who worked for Exel through a

RALEIGH, N.C. – Butterball, LLC, a food processing company based out of Garner, North Carolina and doing business in Mt. Olive, North Carolina, violated federal law when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee for treatment for breast cancer and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a long-term employee informed the company of her cancer diagnosis and

INDIANAPOLIS – Damar Services, Inc., an Indianapolis-based residential services provider for individuals with developmental disabilities, violated federal law when it refused to hire a deaf applicant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Damar Services applied hiring standards to screen out applicants with hearing and vision disabilities and made prohibited disability-related inquiries. In March 2023, the company conducted a phone interview with an applicant for

DETROIT – ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon delivery service company, agreed to pay $47,000 and LMDmax Corp., ALM’s employment agency, agreed to pay $60,000 to settle 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, a deaf applicant was offered a driver position with ALM in November 2022. She accepted the position and worked with LMDmax to complete the onboarding process

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed an action in federal court today to enforce a subpoena issued during its investigation into allegations against JamRock Solutions LLC.

JamRock Solutions is an Amazon delivery service partner based in Theordore, Alabama, and a charge received by the EEOC in April 2024 alleged violation of federal law by failing to accommodate an employee’s pregnancy-related limitations.

The charge alleged that a former driver at JamRock’s

TAMPA, Fla. – Rivers Edge Enterprises, LLC, doing business as River’s Edge Bar and Grill in Gibsonton, Florida, will pay $65,000 to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that one of the restaurant’s owners, who owns the bar with two of his brothers, would engage in sexually charged behavior; ask women about sexual acts; show

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – South Valley Care Center, LLC, a long-term care facility in Albuquerque, agreed to pay $75,000 to settle an age discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a South Valley supervisor harassed and mocked older workers in the facility’s laundry department because of their ages and treated them less favorably than younger workers. Older workers complained about

WASHINGTON – U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas today issued a letter to the chief executive officers, general counsel, and board chairs of 500 of the largest employers in the United States. Collectively, these companies employ over 30 million workers and exert significant influence over the livelihood of millions of Americans.

The letter reminds these corporate leaders of their obligations under Title VII, including with respect to employment policies, programs and practices

FLINT, Mich. – Mid-Michigan Home Health & Hospice LLC, an in-home health care provider of bathing assistance to clients in central Michigan, violated federal law when it did not assign home visits in Grand Blanc, Michigan to a black certified nurse assistant (CNA) because of her race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Mid-Michigan hired a black female as a CNA in April