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NEW YORK – Mavis Tire Supply LLC, a nationwide tire dealer and automotive service provider based in White Plains, New York, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a religious discrimination and retaliation charge, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that Mavis Tire failed to hire an applicant for a managerial position in the Central New York region because, during

NEW YORK – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the opening of the claims process following establishment of Columbia University’s $21 million class settlement fund.

Initial communications to potential claimants will be distributed by both the EEOC claims administrator and Columbia University today. Participating in the claims process is voluntary and free, and submitting a claim form does not obligate a person to participate further in the claims process. While individuals are welcome

NEW YORK – Delta Air Lines violated federal law when it rescinded a job offer from an applicant due to her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Delta extended a conditional employment offer in July 2022 to an applicant for a ticket agent customer service representative position at one of its New York City airport locations. One condition Delta required was passing

NEW YORK – Columbia University will pay $21 million for a class settlement fund to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Columbia employees occurring on its campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. This settlement resolves EEOC charges, including a Commissioner’s Charge brought by Acting Chair Andrea Lucas in 2024 on behalf of a class of all Jewish employees, alleging that since at least Oct

NEW YORK—PT Administrative Services LLC, which employs non-licensed professionals working at more than 100 JAG Physical Therapy clinics, violated federal law when it fired an employee who had just given birth because she asked about the possibility of post-childbirth accommodations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, a patient services coordinator at the Brooklyn Heights JAG location gave birth and immediately asked about reasonable accommodations

NEW YORK – St. Charles Housing, LP, Menowitz Management Corp., and Rental Assistance II, Inc., doing business as Apartment Corp., interrelated companies that own and manage residential and commercial properties throughout the country, fired a female property manager just days after she told her supervisor she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee, who managed one of defendant’s properties in

NEW YORK – United Airlines will pay $305,000 to a Buddhist pilot and will 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, the pilot was diagnosed with alcohol dependency and lost the medical certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). One of the requirements of United’s HIMS program for its pilots with substance abuse

NEW YORK – Cassone Leasing, Inc., a Ronkonkoma, Long Island-based company that leases and sells office trailers and storage containers, will pay $85,000 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.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Cassone summarily dismissed an employee upon learning that she was pregnant. Cassone hired the employee in early April 2018, when she was approximately