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Agency Says Company Denied Leasing Consultant Promotion Because of Pregnancy

     

LOS ANGELES – Sentinel Real Estate Corp. violated federal law by denying a promotion to an employee because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

           

According to the EEOC's suit,  Ellie Burnaugh, a leasing consultant at Sentinel's Town Center Apartments in Valencia, Calif., sought a promotion

Community Development Organization Refused to Hire Pregnant Woman for Trainer Job, Federal Agency Charges

ST. LOUIS – Better Family Life, Inc., a community  development organization, violated federal law by rescinding a job offer to a  woman because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) charged today in a discrimination lawsuit filed today in  federal court.

     

According  to the EEOC’s suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern

Pace Airlines, Inc. violated federal law by firing a flight attendant after she repeatedly complained of discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  Pace Airlines is a charter airline company that provides executive style aircraft charters to corporations and professional sports and collegiate basketball teams.  Pace's main airport is Smith Reynolds-Airport in Winston-Salem.

Charlotte Metal Recycling Company Rejected Qualified 76-Year-Old Applicant Because of His Age, Federal Agency Charges

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a discrimination lawsuit it filed today that Southern Metals Company, a Charlotte metal recycling company, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified 76-year-old applicant because of his age.

According to the EEOC's complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte

     

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.– National clothing retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch, doing business as Abercrombie Kids, allegedly discriminated against a 17-year-old Muslim by refusing to hire her because she wore a hijab, or head scarf, in observance of her sincerely held religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in discrimination lawsuit filed today in federal court. 

According to the EEOC's suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern

EEOC Resolves Class Case Against Insurance Giant Over Rehiring Policy Which Adversely Impacted Older Workers During Companywide Reorganization

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of an age discrimination  class lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Company, one of the nation’s largest  insurers, for $4,500,000 to be paid to approximately 90 older former employees,  in addition to significant remedial relief.

In its lawsuit, filed in October  2004 under the

Company Denied Job Accommodation to Disabled Employee And Required Improper Medical Examinations of All New Hires, Federal Agency Says

MILWAUKEE – The largest  metal food can supplier in North America, Silgan Containers Manufacturing  Corporation, violated federal law by discriminating against a disabled employee  at its plant in Oconomowoc,  Wis., the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The  agency’s administrative investigation which preceded the lawsuit revealed that since  early

EEOC Said Applicant Denied Employment as Truck Driver Because of Prosthetic Leg

     

JACKSON, Miss. -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against KLLM Transport Services, Inc. (KLLM) for $56,500 and remedial relief on behalf of a qualified truck driver who was rejected for a job due to his prosthetic leg.

     

KLLM is a trucking company headquartered in Jackson, Miss

Auto Mechanics Abused Black Student Apprentice and Forced Him to Quit After He Complained, Federal Agency Charged

NEW YORK -- Automall Imports, Ltd., doing business as Atlantic Chevrolet / Cadillac, will pay $127,500 to two former black employees to settle a racial harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. 08-cv-03986(LDW)(ETB) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of

EEOC Says Company Fired Older Employee, Replaced Her With Much Younger Worker

     

PHOENIX – Red Rock Western Jeep Tours, Inc. violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) by terminating Gloria N. Rose, who was 75 years of age at the time, and replacing her with a significantly younger worker, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed this week. 

     

The EEOC alleges in its

Russellville Store Refused to Hire Applicant Because of MS, EEOC Charges

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Starbucks store in Russellville, Ark., violated federal law when it refused to hire an applicant for a barista position because of his multiple sclerosis (MS), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

     

According to the EEOC's suit, Starbucks advertised six openings at its Russellville store.  Chuck Hannay applied but

Class of Women Denied Meat Cutter Positions, Agency Charged

BALTIMORE  -- Mars Super Markets, Inc., a Baltimore-based supermarket chain, will pay  $275,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a class sex  discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According  to EEOC’s suit (JFM-08-2570), filed in the U.S. District Court for the District  of Maryland, Northern Division, Mars refused to hire part-time deli clerk Gail  Brown as

Parma Company Refused to Hire Women as Cable Techs, Federal Agency Charged

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today that Digital  Cable and Communications South, Inc., a Parma, Ohio-based cable TV installation  company, violated federal law by denying hire to female applicants for cable  technician jobs.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit,  filed in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division,  (Case No. 1:09CV-02035), a charging

Cashier at Winston-Salem Store Sexually Harassed by Store Manager and Forced to Resign, Federal Agency Charged

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Winston-Salem-based gas station / convenience  store chain WilcoHess, LLC agreed to pay $75,000 and furnish substantial  non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit  brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC announced today that Judge Thomas D.  Schroeder, U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina,  has

Lucedale Sonic Fired Employee Because She'd Had Seizure at Home, Federal Agency Charged

LUCEDALE, Miss. – The franchisee of the Sonic Drive-In Restaurant in Lucedale, Miss., will pay $22,000 in compensatory damages and furnish remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that Ted Riley Corporation unlawfully fired an employee after learning she had experienced an epileptic seizure

Airline Fired Arthritic Clerk for Walking Too Slowly, Federal Agency Charged

DETROIT -- A Memphis, Tenn., airline operating out of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport violated federal law by firing a flight operations clerk on the basis of her disability, left knee arthritis, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

According to the EEOC's suit (Case No. 2:09-CV-13300) filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District

EEOC Says Retail Giant Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Employee With Intellectual Disability and Cerebral Palsy

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal  Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a discrimination lawsuit  against national retailer Target Stores, Inc. for unlawfully denying a reasonable  accommodation to an employee with multiple disability-based impairments and  substantially reducing his work hours due to the medical conditions. The disabled worker could not effectively  communicate with others without the assistance of a job

Tennessee Trailer Builder Refuses to Hire Female Welders, EEOC Charges

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Parsons, Tenn., manufacturer of car hauler trailers violated federal law by refusing to hire women as welders, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

According to the EEOC's suit, Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-01179, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Jackson Division, alleges that Monroe Motors, Inc., doing business as

SEATTLE — Payday lending chain Cottonwood Financial, Ltd.,  which does business as The Cash Store, refused to accommodate a manager with  bipolar disorder at its store in Walla    Walla, Wash., and  unlawfully fired him due to his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC’s suit  (EEOC v. Cottonwood Financial, Ltd., CV-09-5073-EFS)  charged that the company refused to accommodate store manager Sean Reilly’s need

Federal Agency Charged Freudenberg-NOK Refused to Hire Older Worker at N.H. Facility

BOSTON – Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, an auto  parts manufacturer based in Michigan with  substantial operations in New    Hampshire, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief  to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged Freudenberg refused to  hire a man because of his age for a controller position

Female Applicants Were Only Hired as Cashiers, Rejected for Other Jobs, Federal Agency Charges

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission  (EEOC) today charged that three supermarkets in Queens  hired women only as cashiers and refused to consider them for other positions,  in violation of federal law. The  supermarkets are Dynasty VI Food Corp. in Ridgewood, Dynasty Meat Corp. in  Sunnyside and 50-18 Meat Corp. in Woodside.  Each does business as a Key

Woman Unlawfully Denied Job Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charges

     

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that an independent Austin-based insurance agency has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle an EEOC pregnancy discrimination lawsuit. 

     

In its lawsuit, the EEOC claimed that Time Insurance Agency (TIA) discriminated against a qualified female job applicant when it failed to hire her for an administrative assistant position

De Zavala Oaks Apartment Complex Forced White Property Manager Out of Job for Hiring Black Leasing Agent, Federal Agency Charges

     

SAN ANTONIO – Management Solutions, Inc. (MSI), an apartment management company, violated federal law by punishing a white manager for hiring a black employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

     

According to the EEOC's suit, MSI demoted a white property manager because

Company Refused to Hire Female Production Workers, Federal Agency Charged

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – R-Anell Housing Group, LLC, a manufacturer of pre-fabricated commercial structures and custom modular homes, will pay $200,000  and provide significant injunctive relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

           

The EEOC had charged that R-Anell Housing refused to hire Amy Hall and a class