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WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) announced a two-part settlement against Lockheed Martin Corporation, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Lockheed has agreed to pay a total of approximately $29.5 million to resolve allegations relating to employment discrimination and related false certifications of compliance with federal civil rights laws while serving as a federal contractor. This includes $22 million to be paid to the United States pursuant to an

BALTIMORE — Casino operators CBAC Borrower, LLC, Caesars Baltimore Management Co., LLC, and Caesars Entertainment, Inc., doing business together as Horseshoe Casino, will pay $150,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, the casino discriminated and retaliated against a man who worked as a table games dealer at their Horseshoe Casino

FLINT, Mich. — Mid-Michigan Home Health & Hospice, L.L.C., a private in-home health care provider to clients throughout central Michigan, will pay $41,137 and provide other relief to settle a race 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, Mid-Michigan hired a black certified nurse assistant (CNA) in April 2023. A month after she was hired, Mid-Michigan hired a white

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Gator Strong, LLC and Gator Strong NC, LLC, who operate Gator Strong Services in Wilmington, agreed to pay $25,000 and furnish other 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 suit, the former chief operating officer (COO) of Gator Strong subjected the office manager to a campaign of sexual harassment by repeatedly making sexual comments to

RALEIGH, N.C. — Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp., a pork processing company with a location in Tar Heel, North Carolina, will pay $245,000 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 EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee informed Smithfield of her pregnancy shortly after she was hired. After the employee was involved in a workplace accident, she began having

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted yesterday to rescind its Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (Guidance) which was originally approved in 2012. The rescission is effective immediately. The rescission does not restore policy statements superseded by the 2012 Guidance, nor does it require employers to abandon any lawful practices they may have adopted in response

RENO, Nev. — A third-party logistics company based in Reno, agreed to pay more than $396,000 to settle a 2025 charge alleging religious harassment claims investigated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that soon after hire, an employee at ITS Logistics faced harassment based on his Jewish identity from co-workers and managers. This included frequent comments based on offensive stereotypes

WASHINGTON — CityCare Health Services, Inc., operator of behavioral and mental health clinics in Washington, violated federal law when it failed to comply with the terms of a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency said in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, after the EEOC investigated a charge of discrimination and found reasonable cause to support the charge’s allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation, CityCare

WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, in partnership with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, announced they have secured a $5,000,000 settlement with Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, a San Francisco, California-based online delivery service. The settlement addresses allegations that Instacart discriminated against U.S. and American workers based on citizenship status and national origin in violation, respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII of the

BALTIMORE — Solera Holdings, LLC, a Westlake, Texas-based vehicle lifecycle management company, violated federal law when it denied a blind employee the same job-related support and resources provided to other employees and then fired him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Solera transferred the longtime employee, who worked from his home in Bel Air, Maryland, from a consultant position to a sales position

CHICAGO — BNSF Railway Company violated federal law when it fired an employee because of his disability after he requested a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, the employee, who has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition which can result in painful joints, was hired as a BNSF laborer in Chicago in April 2023. During required field training in Overland Park, Kansas, he

LOS ANGELES — Il Fornaio (America) LLC, an Italian restaurant chain with 15 locations in California and Nevada, will pay $3,000,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a class of female employees, the agency announced today.

According to the suit, supervisors and employees across Il Fornaio’s restaurant locations repeatedly subjected female employees, many of whom were teenagers

DENVER — Aurora, Colorado-based Wagner Equipment, an industrial machinery and equipment company, will pay $200,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for disability discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Wagner Equipment used unlawful qualification standards which screened out an employee with a disability who was attempting to return from work following medical leave. Specifically, the company required

NEW YORK — VIP Auto Group of Long Island, Inc., and one of the dealerships in its network, Garden City Jeep Chrysler Dodge, LLC, will pay $175,000 and furnish other relief to settle a 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 both defendants allowed the inventory manager at their Long Island car dealership to touch and grab female

SAN ANTONIO — Benson Enterprises, Inc., the operator of automotive dealerships including Ingram Park Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram in San Antonio, will pay $430,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex-based harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, from January to June 2021, a male manager for Ingram Park Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram created and maintained a hostile

OKLAHOMA CITY –— Sunrooms and More Design Center, LLC, an Edmond, Oklahoma home improvement and design company, will pay $150,000 to three former employees and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since November 2021, one of the company’s co-owners harassed female employees almost daily, including making sexually-charged comments and touching female

TAMPA, Fla. — Renovation Flooring, LLC and Payfin Enterprises, LLC, located in Miramar Beach, Florida, agreed to pay $175,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC sued both companies in September 2025, alleging that the companies, which share common owners, managers and human resources staff, operated as a single employer. According to the suit

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jaco Enterprises, L.L.C., a transportation company offering services throughout Kentucky, agreed to the entry of a court judgment for $85,000 to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee filed a charge with the agency, alleging that she was sexually assaulted and harassed by a male employee and that other women were similarly harassed

NEW YORK — Hungry Ghost Tribeca, LLC, doing business as Hungry Ghost Coffee, a New York City café chain, will pay $22,500 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Muslim employee worked as a barista, and as part of his religious practice, fasts from sunrise to sunset during the Islamic holy month

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Birchstone Management, a warehousing and logistics management company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, agreed to provide $55,000 to a female job applicant and $445,000 for a class settlement fund following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found that Birchstone Management turned away a qualified worker seeking a job at the company’s Spokane Valley location as a pallet repairer solely because