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MOBILE, Ala. – Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, a provider of marine construction, repair and conversion services employing more than 300 workers at 10 shipyards located across the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, violated federal law by excluding an employee from work because she used a prescription medication to treat opioid dependency, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

The EEOC charged that Bollinger placed the worker on involuntary indefinite unpaid leave

MOBILE, Ala. – Cosmos, a restaurant in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi operated by Smoke BBQ LLC, violated federal law by firing a server because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

The EEOC’s suit charged that in November 2023, the server told her colleagues about her pregnancy shortly after she started working at the restaurant. The next day, after Cosmos managers heard about her pregnancy, she

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today a federal court filing to enforce two administrative subpoenas it issued during its investigation into allegations Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) engaged in intentionally discriminatory hiring and other unlawful employment practices against Native American applicants and employees.

GMCS is comprised of multiple elementary, middle, and high schools serving students in the city of Gallup and other areas of McKinley County, New Mexico. In August

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Scalo Restaurant, an Albuquerque restaurant located in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood, violated federal civil rights laws when its male managers sexually harassed female employees and then retaliated against those female workers who spoke out against the abusive conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, two male managers subjected female employees to relentless sexual harassment, including: vulgar comments about female

DENVER – Western Distributing Co., a corporate conglomerate consisting of at least 15 companies, including Western Distributing Transportation Company, United States Armored Co. (USAC) and Western Towing and Recovery, will pay $919,000 to former employees and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Western discriminated against individuals with disabilities, mostly over-the-road truck drivers, through multiple

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Academy Mortgage Corporation, an Albuquerque mortgage lending company, has entered into a public conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a sex discrimination and retaliation charge, the federal agency announced today.

This agreement resolves a charge of discrimination filed against Academy Mortgage and ends an investigation in which the EEOC determined there was reasonable cause to believe Academy Mortgage violated Title VII. A former supervisor at the company is

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

DENVER – 'Murica LLC, operator of the Western-themed Starlite Station bar and dance hall in Greeley, Colorado, and its owners will pay $100,000 to former employees and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, ‘Murica LLC created a sexually hostile work environment for both female and male employees, with the owner often touching female

MOBILE, Ala. – Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, which operates a blues club located in Biloxi, Mississippi, violated federal law by subjecting an assistant manager to sexual harassment by one of its co-owners and firing the worker for complaining about the co-owner’s harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC charged that one of the blues club’s co-owners subjected the assistant manager to a campaign of sexual harassment

SALT LAKE CITY – Franchise Management, LLC, which operates over 20 Subway sandwich shops in Utah, violated federal law when it failed to correct or prevent a male manager from sexually harassing and assaulting a 16-year-old male employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed last Friday.

According to the lawsuit, a male district manager who oversaw several Subway locations sexually harassed a male teenage worker, culminating in sexual assault

DENVER – National restaurant chain Landry’s Seafood House will pay $95,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Landry’s employees, including managers and supervisors, regularly and openly mocked an Iranian employee’s accent, criticized her physical appearance by making comments like “nobody wants to see your hairy back,” and treated her

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

PHOENIX – Black Diamond Blade Company, doing business as Cutting Edge Supply, a California-based construction supply company operating in Arizona, will pay $150,000 to a former welder and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Cutting Edge failed to accommodate a welder with diabetes who requested an accommodation to take snack breaks periodically throughout

SALT LAKE CITY – HHS Environmental, LLC, a company providing janitorial and other services to hospitals nationwide, will pay $400,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, a group of female housekeepers were repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment by a male employee, who made inappropriate sexual comments and frequently attempted to inappropriately kiss

CASPER, Wyo. – Waller’s Trucking Company, Inc., a family-owned Wyoming trucking company, will pay $124,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Waller’s owner sexually harassed two female employees over several years. He frequently made crude and sexually explicit comments to female employees in front of their coworkers and over the mobile radio system

PHOENIX — Bell Road Tire and Auto LLC, doing business as Big O Tires, a tire company in Glendale, Arizona, will pay $64,500 and implement corrective measures to settle a disability discrimination case,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

An investigation by the EEOC’s Albuquerque Area Office found reasonable cause to believe that Bell Road Tire and Auto violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by enforcing a 100% return-to-work policy, failing

PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed three lawsuits alleging that employers in Arizona, Utah and Wyoming violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by allowing sexual harassment to permeate their workplaces. The employers permitted work environments that were illegally hostile toward female employees and, in two of the cases, resulted in physical sexual assault.

“The EEOC continues its mission to protect workers across the spectrum of workplaces under

PHOENIX – Walmart, Inc., the largest grocery store chain in the United States, will pay $100,000 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 lawsuit, Walmart fired cashier Stevey Wiman from its Bullhead City, Arizona, location because she had seizures causing her to miss work. Walmart’s attendance policy allows for absences to be excused for disability

CLOVIS, N.M. – Allen Theatres, Inc., which operates a chain of movie theaters across New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, violated federal law when it discriminated against its older employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, Allen Theaters discriminated against Abby Parrish, a manager at the Clovis, New Mexico location, when the president of the company forced him to retire in September 2020, and refused

PHOENIX – Bark If You’re Dirty, a pet store with locations in Phoenix and Scottsdale, owned and operated by Teetszinty, LLC, Teetszinty 2, LLC, and Teetszinty Holding LLC, will pay $340,000 and provide other injunctive relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit on behalf of a class of female employees, a male manager at the Phoenix store and a male employee

MOBILE, Ala.  – Hank’s Furniture, Inc. (HFI), a nationwide furniture retailer, will pay $110,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, a former assistant manager at HFI’s Pensacola, Florida, location notified the company that her religious beliefs prevented her from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Rather than discuss the employee’s religious beliefs to determine the

DENVER – Factor One Source Pharmacy, LLC, a pharmacy providing specialized pharmacy services to patients requiring complex medications, will pay $515,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a disability and genetic information discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Factor One violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) when it inquired about employee disabilities

MOBILE, Ala. and CHICAGO – Harmony Hospitality LLC, which operates a Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in Dothan, Alabama, and LAS Hardwoods, a hardwood flooring company in the Chicago area, violated federal civil rights law when they each discriminated against an employee because of his sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or failure to adhere to gender stereotypes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in two separate lawsuits filed today.

According to the Alabama lawsuit

SOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (jointly referred to as Res-Care/Equus), nationwide job assistance companies doing business in New Mexico, will pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability and pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged Res-Care/Equus at its facility in Socorro, New Mexico with violating federal law when they discriminated against an employee with a high-risk