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Culver’s Restaurants Franchisee Settles Two EEOC Race, Sex, and Disability Harassment and Discrimination Cases for $261,000

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

June 2, 2025

Press release

Giertsen to Pay $140,000 to Settle EEOC Race Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

MILWAUKEE – A Waukesha, Wisconsin construction and commercial real estate renovation company will pay $140,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for racial harassment and retaliation brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC said Giertsen Company of Wisconsin, doing business as Giertsen Restoration, violated federal law by creating a hostile work environment for African American employees, including the use of racial slurs and racial

June 2, 2022

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