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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

WASHINGTON — Computer giant Apple Inc. will pay $150,000 and update its religious observance policy, among other reforms, 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 suit, Apple failed to accommodate a Reston, Virginia employee’s need to be off from Friday sundown through sundown on Saturday in observance of the Jewish Sabbath. Apple rejected the employee’s request because it

WASHINGTON — Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other federal employment discrimination statutes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for the rules governing the workplace discrimination complaint process for federal employees and applicants. Today, the EEOC voted to issue a proposed rule (a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking or NPRM) to revise these rules.

The Commission concluded that the current system is too slow and complicated, often resulting

WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced an updated Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030, effective immediately.

The plan provides a comprehensive framework for the agency’s operations, charting a clear and ambitious path toward fulfilling the EEOC’s mission to prevent and remedy unlawful employment discrimination and advance equal employment opportunity for all. By setting strategic priorities and aligning resources, the plan empowers the agency to respond decisively to evolving challenges

NEWARK, N.J. — Educational publishing company Pearson Education, Inc. will pay $150,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Pearson required employees to use online platforms to access information about their benefits, leave and training, but failed to make these platforms, replete with technical issues, accessible to employees with visual impairments. Pearson

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company, a North Carolina-based soft drink company with a facility in Colfax, North Carolina, will pay $36,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, a former Cheerwine employee took medication for her multiple sclerosis. The medication caused the cartilage in her hip to deteriorate, which caused her to walk with a limp

KENOSHA, Wis. — Car dealership Kenosha Nissan violated federal law when it retaliated against multiple employees for reporting racial harassment and fired one of them, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, Kenosha Nissan management threatened several black employees who reported racial harassment in 2024. After learning of the reports, a manager warned employees that if they contacted HR again, the manager would “make [their]

ATLANTA — The Kroger Co., a national grocery chain, will pay $75,000 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 EEOC’s lawsuit, a breast cancer survivor whose cancer treatments caused permanent nerve damage to her lower extremities was hired as a cashier at the Kroger in Atlanta’s Edgewood retail district. Shortly thereafter, the

ST. LOUIS — Washington University, a private research university in St. Louis, violated federal law when it fired an employee in retaliation for her opposition to race discrimination and filing a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency alleged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, the employee, who worked as a senior program manager at Washington University’s Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, complained to both the

MOBILE, Ala. – Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, operator of the Ground Zero Blues Club, a music venue and restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, will pay $35,000 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 suit, one of the company’s co-owners sexually harassed an assistant manager through repeated sexual comments and unwelcome physical contact. The

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Healthcare Management, Inc. (THM), a provider of administrative, purchasing, technology and human resources services to health care communities, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race, national origin, age discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that THM refused to promote a highly qualified 58-year-old Asian American doctor and instead hired a younger

DALLAS — KLLM Transport Services LLC, a nationwide trucking company, and its subsidiary, KLLM Driving Academy, Inc., which operate driver training academies in Lancaster, Texas and Jackson, Mississippi, violated federal law by subjecting female student drivers to sex discrimination through several unlawful policies and practices, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, KLLM subjected their female student drivers to overtly discriminatory training conditions because

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

MESA, Ariz. — Christian Care Management, Inc. (CCMI), a senior living facility management company, operating six Fellowship Square locations throughout Arizona, will pay $250,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, male residents at the CCMI-owned Fellowship Square location in Mesa, Arizona, repeatedly subjected multiple female employees to sexual harassment by requesting sexual

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 — Moon N Sea GA, LLC formerly known as KGI Trading GA, Inc., and related business partners, operating in three states as KGI Trading, agreed to pay $265,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sex discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, since July 2022 a class of at least 19 women applied for warehouse associate positions in KGI Trading’s Buford, Georgia

ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Sutter Roseville Medical Center, part of the Sutter Health network of hospitals, clinics and specialty care facilities, agreed to provide $200,000 in back pay and compensatory damages along with other injunctive relief to resolve a disability discrimination investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, in April 2023, a staff nurse formerly employed by Sutter Roseville filed a charge of discrimination with

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Northwest Arkansas Hospitals, LLC will pay more than $100,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a former male employee after a jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sex discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Northwest Arkansas Hospitals, LLC, doing business as Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville, violated federal law when it allowed two doctors to subject a male surgical technician

AUSTIN, Texas — Central Austin Motorcars, LLC, Hi Tech Motorcars, LLC, and Stadium Motorcars, LLC will pay $925,000 and furnish 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, five managers at South Austin Nissan, a car dealership in Austin, subjected four female sales employees to a sexually hostile work environment including frequent sexual comments

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama recycler TCI of Alabama, LLC, will pay $2.6 million and provide other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged that TCI intentionally violated federal law by engaging in a long-standing pattern of refusing to hire female laborers at its Pell City, Alabama recycling plant, potentially impacting thousands of women. According to the complaint, starting in 2006 when the