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M. Slavin & Sons, a retail and wholesale fish market, violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for male employees, including physical and verbal sexual harassment and offensive and degrading comments based on race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2005, has settled a retaliation and termination lawsuit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for over $35,000 through its bankruptcy trustee, the agency announced today.

A federal judge has ordered Patterson UTI Drilling, a national company with oil and natural gas extraction rigs in 16 states and Canada, to disclose to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the structure and contents of any of the company's electronic databases pertaining to its current and former employees, the EEOC announced today.  In addition, the judge ordered that Patterson disclose information about every one of the company's employees and any records pertaining to complaints of employment discrimination for a two-year period.

A Clearfield, Utah Japanese restaurant will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Tim Dahle Imports, doing business as Tim Dahle Nissan of Sandy, Utah, will pay $455,000 and furnish substantial remedial relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Bridgewater Interiors, LLC has agreed to resolve a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. Bridgewater Interiors, a joint venture between Johnson Controls and Epsilon LLC of Detroit, produces seating and interior systems for major automakers in North America.

An Atlanta retail chain violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.  According to the EEOC's suit, Civ. Ac. # 409-cv-160, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Charming Shoppes, Inc., doing business as Fashion Bug of Rome, also subjected Angela Ray, a co-manager at the Rome, Ga., store, to discriminatory terms and conditions of employment because of her age, including disparate discipline, prior to her termination.

A nationwide building services company providing services to Westfield's Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Md., violated federal law when it fired an employee because he complained about race and sex discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

A Houston-based delivery company doing business in Arizona violated federal law by subjecting female employees to egregious verbal and sexual harassment and then punishing them for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has filed an employment discrimination suit against Spartan Plumbing, Inc., a company that provides plumbing services in Tucson, Ariz., and Las Vegas, Nev. In its lawsuit, EEOC v. Spartan Plumbing Inc, (Civil Action No 09-547 TUC-RCC), filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the EEOC charges that the employee in this case was subjected to harassment based on his race, Black.

Car Dealership Subjected Black Employee to Racial Slurs, Demeaning Tasks and Discharge, Federal Agency Charges

     

SALISBURY, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today, that Salisbury Motor Company, Inc. in Salisbury, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting an African-American employee to a racially hostile work environment and different terms and conditions of employment.  Further, the EEOC said, the company fired the man for complaining.

 

Investment Management Giant Refused to Hire Black Applicant as Financial Planning Manager, Federal Agency Charges

 

PHILADELPHIA – Malvern, Pa.- based Vanguard Group, Inc., one of the world's largest investment management companies, violated federal law when it refused to hire an African American applicant because of her race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Barbara Alexander was the only African American applicant for a

White Laborers Harassed by Hispanics on the Job, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – Total Electric and Supply Company, doing business as TESSCO, will pay $125,000 to three former employees to settle a racial and national origin harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  TESSCO is an energy and utility services company headquartered in Midland, Texas.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Civil Action No. MO-08-CV-130 in U.S. District

Black Production Manager Subjected to Racial Epithets, EEOC Charges 

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Harrisburg-based Stroehmann Bakeries LLC, a subsidiary of Bimbo Bakeries USA, violated federal law when it subjected a production operator to a racially hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

   

The EEOC says that Henry Hairston, an African American production operator, was subjected to a hostile work environment based on his race when

Black Employees Were Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charges

     

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Ralph Jones Sheet Metal, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting African American employees to a hostile work environment because of their race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

           

The EEOC's suit (Civil Action No.2:09-cv-02636, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District

Agency Says Ostioneria Michoacan Fired Non-Spanish-Speaking Servers

     

HOUSTON – A Houston restaurant violated federal law against race and national origin discrimination when it fired two employees for not speaking Spanish and failed to hire a class of non-Hispanic applicants, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

           

According to the EEOC's suit, in November 2007, Michoacan Seafood Group L.L.C., doing

Forging Company Punished Employees for Complaining About Racial Harassment, Federal Agency Charges

     

MILWAUKEE – In a lawsuit filed here today in federal court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Milwaukee Forge, a Milwaukee forging company, violated federal law by subjecting black employees to a hostile work environment, disciplining them more harshly than white employees, subjecting them to different terms and conditions of employment, and by retaliating against black employees

Employee Fired for Complaints About Harassment, Federal Agency Charges

HOUSTON - An employee who opposed workplace harassment was fired by a group of Texas transportation brokerage companies in violation of federal law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 

The EEOC sued Amino Transport (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-03142) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, charging that the company retaliated against Joshua Male.  In July 2008

Hispanic Executive Director Unlawfully Fired, Federal Agency Charges

           

SAN ANTONIO - A Delaware corporation which provides hospices nationwide violated federal law by firing a Hispanic employee from his position as an executive director of its Kerrville, Texas, facility because of his national origin and because he reported discriminatory conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

     

According to the

Bank Subjected Women to Wage Discrimination and a Sexually Hostile Environment, Then Fired Employee for Complaining, Agency Charges

CLEVELAND - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today that JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. violated federal law by subjecting female employees to wage discrimination, a sexually hostile environment and retaliation at its Polaris Park facility in Columbus, Ohio. 

According to the EEOC's suit (Case No. 1:09-cv-00711), filed in U.S. District Court

Corporate Relocation Firm Fired Employee for Discrimination Complaints, Federal Agency Charges

     

MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against TRC Global Solutions, Inc., a Milwaukee firm providing relocation services to corporate clients throughout the country, charging that it unlawfully fired a personal move associate because of her complaints of race discrimination. 

           

According to the EEOC's suit, Princess Barksdale filed an internal

FOSTORIA, Ohio -- Sunny Farms Landfill subjected its African American employees to race-based harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. 

           

According to the EEOC's suit (Case No. 3:09-CV02239), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Sunny Farms subjected both Willie Norwood and Toby Shepherd to unlawful racial harassment and retaliation, including allegedly condoning the repeated

Lisle/Naperville Hilton Subjected Hispanics to Ethnic Slurs, Federal Agency Charges

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit Friday against Fireside West, LLC, doing business as the Hilton in Lisle/Naperville, Ill., charging that the hotel violated Title VII by subjecting its Hispanic employees to a hostile work environment.  The EEOC's complaint said that the hotel subjected Hispanic employees to frequent ethnic slurs from the hotel's executive chef.

The EEOC's lawsuit, in U.S

Suit Cites Racist Comments, Noose and Retaliation for Complaints