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BIRMINIGHAM, Ala. – Nashville-based NDI Office Furniture, LLC, the largest office furniture distributor in the Southeastern and Midwest United States, has agreed to pay $150,000 and furnish other significant relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging sex discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, in September 2015, a female applicant attempted to apply for an open position at NDI's Birmingham

DENVER – San Miguel Mountain Ventures, LLC, which does business as Telluride Express in Montrose, Colorado, will commit to significant changes in its business practices and pay $15,000 to end an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Charles Webber was 79 and had more than five decades of commercial driving experience when he applied for a shuttle driver position

JACKSON, Miss. – Agri-AFC, LLC, an agricultural retailer which operates 21 retail locations throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, has agreed to pay $40,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that Agri fired an employee because of a pre-existing back condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the employee was hired in 2017 to work at Agri’s Poplarville, Miss., facility as a

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Engie Services, Inc., a Canadian company that provides baggage handling and maintenance services at airports across the United States, has agreed to pay $125,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a sexual and race harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged that Engie subjected two African American male employees at the Birmingham airport to sexual harassment and also subjected

DENVER - JBS USA LLC, oo ganacsi ahaana loogu yeero JBS Swift & Company, waxay bixin doontaa ilaa $ 5.5 milyan waxayna sameyn doonta is-bedal hab dhaqanka shaqaalaha si loo joojiyo dacwad ay ku soo oogtay Xafiiska Gudiga Xuquuda Shaqaalaha ee (EEOC) oo ku eedeysay tacadiyo xaga jinsiyada, asalka, iyo takoorka diinta.ee shirkadda warshadeynta hilibka lo'da ee Greeley, Colo., EEOC yaa maanta ku dhawaaqay.

Dacwadda EEOC, oo la xareeyay 2010, waxay ku eedeysay in JBS

DENVER – JBS USA LLC, doing business as JBS Swift & Company, will pay up to $5.5 million and provide other relief to end a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging race, national origin, and religious discrimination at the company’s beef processing plant in Greeley, Colo., the EEOC announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit, filed in 2010, charged that JBS discriminated against employees because they were Muslim, immigrants from Somalia

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham Beverage Company, Inc. doing business as AlaBev, a Birmingham-based wholesale distributor and importer of beer, cider, alcohol-free drinks and specialty foods, will pay $825,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit, filed Sept. 26, 2017, charged the company with violating federal law when it failed to promote or consider Ronnie Johnson

DENVER – Joyvida, LLC, which operates under the name Amada Senior Care and provides personal care services in the Colorado Springs, Denver and Pueblo areas, will pay $250,000 and commit to significant changes in its business practices to end a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC filed a complaint against the company in federal district court in Colorado in 2018

JACKSON, Miss. – Jordan Carriers, Inc., an over-the-road trucking company headquartered in Natchez, Miss., has agreed to pay $60,000 and furnish other significant relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging disability discrimination brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an experienced truck driver applied with Jordan Carriers for a flatbed truck driver position and was offered the position contingent upon completion of a

PHOENIX – A non-emergency medical transportation company with a call center located in Phoenix, Ariz., will pay $120,000 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, LogistiCare Solutions, LLC, now doing business as ModivCare, fired two women because they were pregnant. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that Tiffany Lewis and another pregnant woman were training

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sealy Management Company, Inc., a property sale, rental and management company headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Ala., that owns and manages apartments in Alabama and three other states, has agreed to pay $88,785 and take other steps to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In its suit, the EEOC charged that the supervisor and co-worker of an assistant manager

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Climatemp Cooling & Heating, Inc., an HVAC company based in Summerdale, Ala., has agreed to pay $175,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charging race discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Climatemp fired a former employee in retaliation for his complaints about owner Randy Englebert’s harassment of female employees and refusal to

DENVER – Carefree/Scott Fetzer Company, doing business as Carefree of Colorado, will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  Carefree, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., manufactures RV awnings at a facility in Broomfield, Colo.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Carefree would not hire Anna Biryukova as an assembler or packer because she

DENVER – Fagerberg Produce, Inc. has agreed to conciliate discrimination charges involving sexual harassment and retaliation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Com­mission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that a former manager at Fagerberg Produce subjected employees to unwelcome sexual harassment, retaliation, and/or different terms and conditions of their work environment. Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.

Fagerberg Produce has agreed to