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Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen to Pay $145,000 to Resolve EEOC Sexual Harassment Charges

NORFOLK, Va. — Franklin, Virginia-based Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen, LLC, doing business as Dairy Queen, entered into conciliation agreements with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve two sexual harassment charges, the federal agency announced today.

The agreements resolve charges where the EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe the company violated federal anti-discrimination law by allowing two former employees who worked at the company’s Granby Street location in Norfolk and the Landstown

September 2, 2025

Press release

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit

RALEIGH, N.C. – Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., a highway construction company incorporated in Delaware and doing business in Craven County, North Carolina, will pay $80,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment, hostile work environment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, for over a year, a female truck driver working at Balfour Beatty was subjected to

September 9, 2024

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