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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Wendy’s International, LLC violated federal law when it discriminated against a district manager because of disability and age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Wendy’s International, LLC, which owns and operates fast food restaurants nationwide, employed a district manager who worked for the company and its franchises since the early 1990s. In 2022, the Columbus, Ohio-based district manager, who was in

LOS ANGELES – Meathead Movers Inc., the largest independent moving company based in San Luis Obispo, California, agreed to pay up to $2 million for individuals who were not hired into various positions due to age or because of their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), announced today.

The company agreed to hire qualified individuals into various positions including laborers, movers, customer service agents, and other positions, committing up to $1 million annually

TAMPA, Fla. – Independent Medical Group, LLC (IMG), a health care provider with several clinics across Florida, agreed to conciliate an age discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

During the EEOC’s investigation of the charge, the agency found reasonable cause to believe the provider violated federal law by terminating an employee on the basis of age in July 2023. The company’s alleged conduct violated the

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Ephraim McDowell Health, Inc., Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, Inc., and EMHFL, Inc., a health care system headquartered in Danville, Kentucky, will pay $335,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, around October 2021, Ephraim McDowell rejected a female employee’s bid for promotion to an administrator position when the

CLEVELAND – Glunt Industries, Inc., a Warren, Ohio machining company which operates four large-scale fabrication plants, will pay $2 million and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged that Glunt engaged in sex discrimination when the company denied production jobs to a class of women since at least 2018. In addition to systemically not hiring women, the

MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) filed an action in federal court today to compel Milwaukee-based financial services provider Northwestern Mutual to produce information about the firm’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and practices, related to the firm’s decision to deny a promotion to one of its compliance officers.

According to the EEOC’s court filing, a Northwestern Mutual employee filed a discrimination charge against the company with the EEOC in March 2025

MONTROSE, Colo. – Montrose Memorial Hospital, Inc. doing business as Montrose Regional Health, a regional medical center in the San Juan Valley in southwestern Colorado, violated federal law again when it harassed and discriminated against older employees and retaliated against them when they complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC previously sued the center in September 2016, before settling the suit via a three-year consent

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – WorkSmart Staffing, LLC, a regional staffing agency in the southeastern United States headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, violated federal law by discriminating against a class of females when it failed to hire or refer them to available positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, from Aug. 1, 2020 to Aug. 8, 2023, WorkSmart failed to hire or refer a class

EL PASO, Texas— Fat and Broke, Inc., doing business as Gamer Logistics, a logistics company located in El Paso with offices in Laredo, Texas, Indiana, and Mexico, violated federal law when it fired and refused to hire a class of older drivers and applicants for driver positions because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, in March 2024, Gamer Logistics fired a

ATLANTA – KGI Trading GA, Inc., and related business partners, operating in three states as seafood wholesaler Moon N Sea, denied employment opportunities to a class of qualified female applicants for warehouse positions based on their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a class of women applied for warehouse associate positions in Moon N Sea’s Buford, Georgia facility, but were passed over

MIAMI – Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida, LLC, which operates National, Enterprise and Alamo car rental services in Florida, will pay $1.8 million and provide significant non-monetary relief to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Enterprise failed to hire candidates aged 40 or older for its management trainee position from at least 2019 to the present. While approximately 15%

NORFOLK, Va. – Moore Comfort Home Care, LLC, a Norfolk-area provider of private home health care services, violated federal law by subjecting female employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, one of the company’s owners subjected at least three female employees to sexual harassment between 2021 and 2023, making unwanted sexually suggestive comments, engaging in unwanted sexual touching, and making

WASHINGTON – The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) violated federal law when it fired an employee based on his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, DC Water terminated Courtney Titus and other high-performing and experienced older workers in his department in September 2023. DC Water then replaced Titus and his terminated colleagues with substantially younger and less qualified

DETROIT – Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC, doing business as Autokiniton, an auto parts manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Michigan, violated federal law when it refused to allow an older, female worker with a disability to re-enter its apprenticeship program, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the employee, who had over 30 years’ experience in automotive manufacturing, joined the manufacturer’s apprenticeship program

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Landmark Dodge, Inc., and Landmark South, Inc. (Landmark Dodge), the owners of automobile dealerships in Independence, Missouri and formerly in Belton, Missouri, will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit alleged Landmark Dodge had a policy of refusing to hire women for sales jobs and men for office jobs, and that the company retaliated

HOUSTON – HSS Security, LLC, a company that provides security services to hospitals in Texas, will pay $35,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In the lawsuit, the EEOC charged that after initially offering a highly qualified female applicant a job as a security supervisor, HSS Security unlawfully rescinded the offer and refused to hire her because

Cleveland – DialAmerica Marketing, LLC, a provider of telemarketing and call-center services for third-party clients, will pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging race and sex discrimination and retaliation, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that a DialAmerica manager at its former Middleburg Heights, Ohio location falsely accused a black female employee of using profanity on a customer call and sought to use

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – South Valley Care Center, LLC, a long-term nursing care facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, violated federal law when it harassed and discriminated against older employees and retaliated against these workers when they complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed last week.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, older workers in the laundry department were harassed by their supervisor, including the supervisor making comments such as “You are

KANSAS CITY, Kan.–The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) violated federal law when it denied a promotion to an employee because of her age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, KDHE passed over a seasoned employee for a Laboratory Technician II position because of her age. Despite her superior qualifications, experience and time at the department, the state instead appointed a younger

WASHINGTON – Equinox Holdings, Inc., which owns and operates fitness facilities nationwide, will pay $48,000 and provide other relief to resolve a disability and sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Equinox rejected a female applicant with endometriosis and experience working for other fitness companies after she requested that her second-round interview for a front desk associate position be delayed

MINNEAPOLIS – R & G Endeavors, Inc., a fast-food franchisee doing business as Culver’s Restaurants of Cottage Grove, will pay $261,000 and furnish other relief to settle two cases brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), one involving race, sex and sexual orientation-based harassment in the workplace and another involving disability harassment and pay discrimination, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuits, multiple workers endured harassment and discrimination at Culver’s

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the opening today of the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. In a message to EEO-1 Component 1 filers, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Americans, advancing individual equal opportunity for all, and relentlessly combatting private sector and public sector discrimination.

Message from EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas

Current EEOC regulations require covered entities

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena that it issued during its investigation into claims that Mauser Packaging Solutions engaged in illegal hiring practices, including limiting, segregating, or classifying applicants by race, national origin, or sex for various Mauser facilities, primarily in the Chicagoland area.

Mauser is an international manufacturer of rigid packaging, headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois

ALBUQUERQUE – Allen Theatres, Inc., which operates a chain of movie theaters across New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, will pay a total of $250,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Allen Theatres’ president forced Abby Parrish, who had been a theater manager for 31 years in Clovis, New Mexico, to retire in September 2020