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PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the filing of an action in federal court to enforce a subpoena issued during its investigation into claims that the University of Pennsylvania engaged in unlawful employment practices by allowing antisemitic harassment to persist and escalate throughout its Philadelphia campus and creating a hostile work environment for Jewish faculty and staff.  

The agency’s investigation followed a Commissioner’s charge filed in December 2023 by then

NEW ORLEANS – Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (CCBCU), the third-largest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola products in the United States and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee with a disability and then firing him because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, the employee, who worked as a delivery driver for CCBCU in Lafayette

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

NEW ORLEANS – Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law by subjecting a female administrator at the company’s St. Rose, Louisiana location to sexual harassment and firing her when she refused to continue to work with her harasser, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the administrator’s direct supervisor subjected her to sexual harassment for years, which the administrator reported to the company. The

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

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., a nationwide restaurant operator, agreed to pay $80,000 to a job applicant who alleged he was not hired because of his request for a religious accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC’s charge investigation, during the interview process in August 2024 with the P.F. Chang’s location in Birmingham, the applicant requested Sundays off because of his religious beliefs. The EEOC’s

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sanmina Corporation, a global provider of electronics contract manufacturing services, will pay $77,500 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged Sanmina with discriminating against a long-time employee at its Huntsville, Alabama facility who suffered from osteoarthritis and other health conditions. Her conditions made walking across Sanmina’s large parking lot, which lacked

PHILADELPHIA—SSN Hotel Management, LLC and SSN Carlisle, LLC, doing business as American Inn Carlisle (collectively American Inn) violated federal law when they repeatedly refused to comply with the terms of a conciliation agreement in a race and retaliation discrimination case, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the federal agency found reasonable cause to support allegations of race discrimination and

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sarafina Network, LLC, a management company for gas station convenience stores based in Alabama, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, store managers, employees and customers routinely mocked a neuro-divergent cashier with eye problems, anxiety, and a seizure disorder. The lawsuit further charged that after receiving complaints

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based vehicle manufacturer Polaris Industries, Inc. will pay $55,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle charges of pregnancy discrimination in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in connection with practices at Polaris’s Huntsville, Alabama facility, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Polaris penalized an employee for pregnancy-related absences and medical appointments. The company also required her to work mandatory overtime despite direction

WASHINGTON — Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Inc., a management company operating several retirement and assisted living facilities in the Greater Washington area, will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Westminster Ingleside violated federal law when it refused to promote a high-performing black manager to an

NEW ORLEANS – Oil field service companies Bigfoot Energy Services and Iron Mountain Energy, who operated as a single employer, will pay $697,500 and provide other equitable relief to settle a lawsuit alleging race- and sex-based harassment and retaliation brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the companies’ employees, including management, frequently used the “n-word” and other racially derogatory terms when referring to

CLEVELAND – Morton Salt, Inc. will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a race, disability and retaliation discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the affected employee worked for Morton Salt in a labor position in Rittman, Ohio. He was fired and subjected to other unfavorable treatment because of his race (Black), disability, and because he reported alleged discrimination

CLEVELAND – Bennett Enterprises Inc., doing business as Ralphie’s Sports Eatery Company, will pay $125,000 and provide other relief to settle a race, disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a biracial woman with a diagnosis of depression and anxiety worked for Bennett Enterprises as a server at its Ralphie’s Sports Eatery location in Kenton, Ohio. The former

PHILADELPHIA – Support Center for Child Advocates (SCCA), which provides legal assistance and social services to juveniles, violated federal law when it denied an employee with a high-risk pregnancy an accommodation to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, the employee, a social worker, sought to limit her exposure to COVID-19 by working at home except for home visits

Lewisburg, W.V. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (Walmart) will pay $415,112 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the former manager of a Walmart Supercenter in Lewisburg, West Virginia subjected female employees to egregious sexual harassment, including unwelcome and offensive sexual touching; requests for sexual acts in exchange for money or favorable treatment at work

PHILADELPHIA – AccentCare, Inc., a Texas home healthcare services company with an office in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, will pay $26,000 to settle an equal pay and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female licensed practical nurses working out of AccentCare’s Pottsville, Pennsylvania, location were paid less than a male colleague, despite their superior qualifications. After one of the women repeatedly complained about the gender-based pay disparity

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Security Engineers, Inc., a contract security solutions provider headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, will pay $1.6 million 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 its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Security Engineers engaged in sex discrimination throughout Alabama when the company denied security officer jobs and assignments to a class of women, beginning in at

NEW ORLEANS – Allegiance Health Management, Inc., a Bossier City-based health system that operates medical facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, violated federal law by requiring applicants and employees to provide personal disability-related information and by maintaining an inflexible leave policy that did not allow for reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

The suit arises from a charge of discrimination filed by an environmental technician employed

NEW ORLEANS – Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC, doing business as AT&T, violated federal law when it reassigned or terminated employees because they exceeded a weight limit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company violated federal law by implementing a strictly enforced 275-pound weight limit for its field employees, which tended to screen out employees with Class III obesity. Because of the policy, AT&T

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycler of large items such as transformers and electrical equipment, violated federal employment laws when it discriminated against female job applicants in its Pell City, Alabama, location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC charged that since at least August 1, 2020, TCI has discriminated against a class of female employees by systemically denying them laborer positions because

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Shelby Baptist Medical Center and its operating companies will pay $60,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle claims of disability discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Shelby Baptist illegally discriminated against a behavioral health technician with degenerative disc disease, which impaired her ability to perform her existing job functions. The technician requested reassignment

BALTIMORE – The Thomas B. Finan Center of the Maryland Department of Health, a multipurpose psychiatric facility located in Cumberland, Maryland, will pay $270,000 to settle an equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, for several years up to the present, Finan paid a less tenured and less experienced male recreation therapist higher wages than it paid to his four

NEW ORLEANS – Oil field service companies Bigfoot Energy Services and Iron Mountain Energy Services, operating as a single employer, violated federal law by failing to prevent widespread sexual and racial harassment in their workforce, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Sept. 27.

According to the suit, the companies’ male employees frequently engaged in sexually demeaning conduct, including sharing pornographic images and making sexually offensive comments. Additionally, employees