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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

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1 today to approve a federal sector appellate decision adjudicating an appeal regarding access to intimate spaces, including bathrooms and locker rooms, in federal workplaces under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.

In today’s decision, the EEOC held that “Title VII permits a federal agency employer to maintain single-sex bathrooms and similar intimate spaces,” and that Title VII “permits a

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

PHILADELPHIA – Geisinger Health, Geisinger Health System Foundation and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, collectively a Pennsylvania health care system, will pay $450,000 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 EEOC’s lawsuit, Geisinger engaged in policies and practices since January 2018 denying reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities, including job-protected leave and reassignment without

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

DETROIT – William Beaumont Hospital, a healthcare provider now known as Corewell Health East, will pay compensatory damages and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit alleged Beaumont refused to place a qualified nurse at its Wayne, Michigan location into certain part-time vacancies as a reasonable accommodation for her disability. According to the suit, Beaumont determined she

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

BOSTON – Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc., a producer, seller and distributor of Coca-Cola brand products throughout the Northeast United States, violated federal law when it excluded male employees from an employer-sponsored event, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in September 2024, Bedford, New Hampshire headquartered Coca-Cola Northeast held a two-day employer-sponsored trip and networking event at the Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – StoneMor, Inc., a cemetery and funeral management company, violated federal law when it discriminated against black employees, and retaliated against a supervisor after failing to stop complaints about racial discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, StoneMor managers at a Memphis location restricted all black employees from a breakroom while allowing access to white employees. The company also fired a

GREENSBORO, N.C. –Transportation Management Group, a trucking company doing business as Wilson Logistics, Inc., will pay $50,000 to a deaf truck driver and furnish other relief to settle a disability-based hiring discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the applicant called Wilson Logistics seeking work as a truck driver. He possessed a commercial driver’s license, had relevant experience and an exemption from

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), together with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), today provided federal agencies with a joint technical assistance document addressing telework as a reasonable accommodation for federal employees with disabilities.

This joint technical assistance document is structured as an accessible FAQ and helps agencies comply with recent instructions from the President to return the executive branch to in-person work, consistent with applicable law. It also helps agencies

DENVER – Midwest Farms, LLC y Midwest Capital Services, LLC, una empresa agroindustrial y relacionada que opera varias granjas en zonas rurales de Colorado, pagarán $334,500 y proporcionarán otras medidas de reparación para resolver una demanda por acoso sexual presentada por la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de Estados Unidos (EEOC), según anunció hoy la agencia federal.

Según la demanda de la EEOC, un grupo de trabajadoras agrícolas fueron acosadas sexualmente

DENVER – Midwest Farms, LLC, and Midwest Capital Services, LLC, an agribusiness and related company operating several farms in rural Colorado, will pay $334,500 and provide other equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a group of female farmworkers were repeatedly sexually harassed by a male employee who made regular sexual comments, propositioned female employees

DALLAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today the filing of an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena issued during its investigation of allegations that Genuine Parts Company, which does business as NAPA Auto Parts, violated federal law by subjecting black job candidates to employment discrimination on the basis of their race.

Genuine Parts is an international service provider and distributor of automotive and industrial parts headquartered in Atlanta.

In

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Battleground Restaurants, Inc. and Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc., two North Carolina-based corporations doing business as Kickback Jack’s restaurants, will pay $1,111,300 to a class of male applicants and furnish other relief to settle a sex-based hiring discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Kickback Jack’s restaurants systematically refused or failed to hire male applicants for non-managerial front-of-house positions, including

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

MINDEN, La. – Minden Seafood, LLC, and Dorcheat Seafood, LLC, operators of restaurants Minden Seafood and Dorcheat Seafood and Grill, will pay a former employee $34,000 in back pay and emotional distress damages to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a male cook at Minden Seafood repeatedly sexually harassed a female cashier by making unwanted and inappropriate

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that the federal agency filed an action in federal court to compel NIKE, Inc. to produce information related to allegations that the company discriminated against white workers, including as a result of NIKE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related 2025 Targets and other DEI-related objectives.

According to the EEOC’s court filing, the agency is investigating systemic allegations of DEI-related intentional race discrimination, specifically that NIKE

LOS ANGELES – Santa Maria, California-based produce processing company Fresh Venture Foods, LLC and its sales and marketing companies Gold Coast Packing, Inc. and Babé Farms, Inc., will pay $900,000 and furnish extensive injunctive relief to settle class claims raised in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sexual harassment and retaliation discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that since at least 2016, male employees of Fresh Venture Foods and

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

OKLAHOMA CITY – Arch Fellow North, LLC, owner and operator of eight McDonald’s restaurants in eastern Oklahoma, will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a teenage worker, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an adult male supervisor sexually harassed the teenage worker for about a month in November 2021. When

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), a leading supply chain logistics services provider headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, will pay $640,000 and provide other relief to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, around November 2021, a female DHL employee complained to three supervisors that she was being sexually harassed by an operations manager and requested

SALT LAKE CITY – Franchise Management, LLC, a company operating over 20 Subway stores within Utah, will pay $150,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, a male district manager who oversaw several Subway locations sexually harassed a teenage male worker, culminating in forcible sexual abuse. For months, the manager made sexual comments

DETROIT – Sundance, Inc. and Black River Bells, operators of several Taco Bell restaurants in the metropolitan Detroit area, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Sundance and Black River Bells employed an area coach who exercised managerial control over several of their Taco Bell locations. For months in 2022, he