Sala de prensa

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco 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.

In one case, the agency found that a pregnant worker at Vital Systems, a Reno-based company specializing in electronic equipment, was forced to ignore her doctor’s orders or face termination. Separately, another EEOC investigation showed that management at Condor Club refused to allow an employee

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina, LLC, a Matthews, North Carolina-headquartered retailer with a store in Greenville, violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee’s pregnancy-related limitations and then firing her, according to a lawsuit announced today by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, on Dec. 31, 2024, on her day off, a customer service representative experienced pregnancy-related medical issues, including vaginal

MINNEAPOLIS — International advertising and marketing firm Dentsu International Americas, LLC, violated federal law when it refused to hire a pregnant woman for a Minneapolis-based position promoting alcoholic beverage brands, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, in November 2023, New York-headquartered Dentsu refused to hire a female applicant for a position promoting alcoholic beverage brands and instead hired a less-qualified male applicant. The hiring

CHICAGO — Automotive lighting manufacturer North American Lighting, Inc. (NAL) violated federal law by discriminating against a class of pregnant employees since July 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

The EEOC charged that NAL, which manufactures headlights and taillights and operates facilities in Salem, Flora, Mattoon and Paris, Illinois, refused to accommodate the pregnancy-related lifting restrictions of employees throughout its Illinois facilities. One employee was allegedly sent

DALLAS — Dallas Barber and Stylist College, Inc., which operates multiple barber and hair styling locations and instructional campuses in the Dallas metropolitan area, will pay significant monetary damages and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged that Dallas Barber rejected an applicant because of her pregnancy. The agency claimed that after the applicant satisfied the

ATLANTA — Guice Services, Inc., doing business as Rooter ProXpress, a plumbing services provider across the Atlanta metropolitan area, violated federal law when it fired a customer service representative because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee suffered from medical conditions related to her pregnancy, including high blood pressure, nausea, and round ligament pain. In May 2024, she

CLEVELAND — Step2 Company, LLC, a toy and plastic products manufacturer with plants in Northern Ohio, violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to a pregnant employee with disabilities and firing her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, Step2 disciplined an assembly worker, who worked at the company’s Perrysville, Ohio facility, under its attendance policy when she was absent because of

OKLAHOMA CITY — H.C. Employees, LLC doing business as Home Creations, a homebuilder operating in Oklahoma and Texas, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Home Creations’ sales director and sales manager made repeated comments reflecting bias against pregnant sales staff, cautioning female employees not to “drink the water” because women “get

NEW YORK — Option Care Enterprises, Inc., a Bannockburn, Illinois-based chain of infusion therapy services providers across the nation, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a 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 in May 2023, one of Option Care’s Massachusetts locations failed to accommodate a pregnant nurse’s request to reduce her travel time to

NEW YORK — PT Administrative Services LLC, a large chain of physical therapy clinics doing business as JAG Physical Therapy, will pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a childbirth discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In the lawsuit, the EEOC charged that in late 2023, the employee, a patient services coordinator at the Brooklyn Heights JAG location, reached out the day she gave

WASHINGTON – Proper Ventures, LLC and WSRZ Proper, LLC, operators of a restaurant chain in Washington known as Proper 21, violated federal law when it fired a floor manager while she was on maternity leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Proper 21 repeatedly questioned the employee about her maternity leave and expressed discomfort with her working while she was pregnant. Proper 21

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

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

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

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – BestBet Jacksonville, Inc., the largest poker room in Florida, violated federal law when it failed to offer reasonable accommodations to a class of pregnant employees and forced them to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, BestBet maintained a strict policy requiring employees to resign if they missed two weeks or more of work and do not otherwise qualify for leave

MOBILE, Ala. – Smoke BBQ, LLC, and Thorny Oyster, LLC, operators of Cosmos Restaurant in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, will pay significant monetary damages and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Cosmos fired a female server in November 2023 the day after the company learned of her pregnancy. The worker had held her position

MADISON, Wis. – Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc., a grocery chain operating Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market stores, violated federal law when it fired an employee, who was also a nursing mother, for requesting an accommodation at her workstation to maintain her breast milk supply, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, the cake decorator asked to keep a water bottle at her workstation to maintain

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

WASHINGTON – Security Assurance Management, Inc. (SAM, Inc.), a security firm operating in the Washington, D.C. area, will pay $45,000 to settle a pregnancy and sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, SAM, Inc. removed a special police officer from her job assignment because its client did not want her reporting to the jobsite while pregnant. When the employee returned to

OKLAHOMA CITY – Urologic Specialists of Oklahoma, Inc., a medical practice that operates five clinics employing two dozen physicians in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri, will pay $90,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, in 2023, Urologic Specialists denied reasonable accommodations to a medical assistant at its Tulsa facility during the

CHICAGO – Hotel Equities Group, LLC, a full-service hotel management company providing management, development, and consulting services throughout the United States, violated federal law when it failed to provide pregnancy accommodations to one employee and religious accommodations to another, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in 2023, a pregnant front desk clerk at the company’s Hilton-branded hotel in Oak Lawn, Illinois requested the

LOS ANGELES – Feit Electric Inc., a lightbulb manufacturer based in Los Angeles, agreed to pay $100,000 and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, workforce provider Eastridge Workforce Solutions assigned a female employee to work at Feit Electric at its Pico Rivera, California warehouse location, where she was subjected to sex discrimination when she

LOS ANGELES – TEG Staffing, Inc., doing business as Eastridge Workforce Solutions, a southern California-based staffing agency, agreed to pay $185,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee assigned by the company to work at Feit Electric’s Pico Rivera, California warehouse location was subjected to sex discrimination when she

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