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DETROIT – ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner company, and LMDmax Corp., violated federal law at ALM’s Pontiac, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for a deaf job applicant after she requested an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for her first-day orientation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the applicant applied for and was offered a driver position

BOSTON — Option Care Health, Inc., a nationwide provider of infusion-therapy services, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for symptoms related to her pregnancy in June and July of 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, an infusion nurse based in New Hampshire, whose job involved visiting patients at their homes and virtually, requested a

DETROIT – Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC, doing business as Autokiniton, an auto parts manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Michigan, violated federal law when it refused to allow an older, female worker with a disability to re-enter its apprenticeship program, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, the employee, who had over 30 years’ experience in automotive manufacturing, joined the manufacturer’s apprenticeship program

NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia International Terminals, LLC (VIT), a marine terminal operator headquartered in Norfolk, will pay $20,000 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 suit, the employee worked at VIT-operated Norfolk International Terminals driving a hustler truck, which moves shipping containers around Norfolk International Terminals at a maximum speed of 20 mph. The driver

DETROIT – East Jordan Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers, will pay $460,000 and provide other 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 suit, a class of female employees at the manufacturer’s Beaverton, Michigan location was sexually harassed by a male co-worker, whose conduct included offensive sexual comments and inappropriate touching. Despite being made aware of

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

DETROIT— East Jordan Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to sexual harassment before taking untimely remedial action, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female employees at East Jordan Plastic’s Beaverton, Michigan location were sexually harassed by a male co-worker. The harassing conduct included sexually explicit comments and inappropriate touching. Because East Jordan

DETROIT – FCA US, LLC, an international automobile manufacturer of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat car brands, violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee’s request to observe the Sabbath and take unpaid leave for Passover, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, FCA initially allowed the employee a religious accommodation which excused him from working during the Jewish Sabbath. However, FCA

DETROIT – Six related entities operating Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they allowed a senior area manager to sexually harass female employees, including multiple teenage employees, he supervised, and fired a local assistant manager the same day she reported the senior area manager’s misconduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, for months, the upper-level manager sexually harassed female employees, including

NORFOLK, Va. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has successfully recovered money owed to a victim of discrimination from Value Unlimited, Inc., doing business as ChowCall, a food delivery service in Norfolk, Virginia, and secured the company’s compliance with terms of the conciliation agreement with the EEOC.

According to a lawsuit filed by the EEOC, Value Unlimited failed to fully comply with its obligations under a September 2022 conciliation agreement resolving allegations

DETROIT – PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, will pay $170,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, PACE maintained a policy which treated any employee unable to return to work following the expiration of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)-allowed leave as a “voluntary resignation,” resulting in termination

DETROIT – FCA US, L.L.C., an international automobile manufacturer, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to widespread sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female employees at FCA’s Detroit Assembly Complex were sexually harassed by male supervisors and co-workers. The harassing conduct included sexually explicit comments and inappropriate touching, and because some of the women complained to FCA, the

DETROIT – Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Michigan, Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and South Carolina, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee was sexually harassed by her male supervisor shortly after being hired. The harassment involved constant unwanted sexual advances, unwanted

DETROIT – Family Fresh Harvesting, LLC, a farm labor contractor which provides temporary H-2A visas to agricultural workers at nurseries in Michigan and farms in Georgia, entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a pregnancy discrimination charge, the federal agency announced today.

In the charge, a pregnant female H-2A employee alleged that Family Fresh fired her and sent her on a bus back to Mexico after she

NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia International Terminals, LLC (VIT), a marine terminal operator headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, violated federal law by refusing to allow an employee to return to his position following medical treatment for a heart condition, the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. 

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, the employee, who previously worked at Norfolk International Terminals as a hustler truck driver, was hospitalized because of a cardiac

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLC, will pay $40,000 in compensatory damages and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit alleged Pero Family Farms maintained a sexually hostile work environment at its Benton Harbor, Michigan, facility by allowing a male employee to sexually harass a female co-worker until she obtained a personal protection order.

The alleged conduct

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Navitas Systems, LLC., a company specializing in comprehensive energy storage solutions and battery manufacturing, violated federal law by using an unlawful company policy to deny a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, and then terminated the employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, Navitas maintained a policy which required an employee returning from any type of medical leave

DETROIT – Specialized Staffing Solutions, a South Bend, Indiana-based staffing agency that places temporary employees with business clients across various industries, resolved a charge of national origin, race, sex and disability discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, Specialized Staffing Solutions granted client preferences for temporary workers based on their race, sex, national origin, and disability. Specialized Staffing Solutions disputed the allegations but

DETROIT – Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC, and its affiliated entity Beaumont ASHN, LLC, (collectively ASHN), providers of home health care services, will pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a former employee who worked as an in-home occupational therapist suffered a grand mal seizure and was later diagnosed with a brain

DETROIT– PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, violated federal law at multiple locations in the Detroit area by failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities attempting to return to work following Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, PACE maintained a policy which treated any employee unable to return to work

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Mead Johnson & Company, a manufacturer of baby formula, will make a $15,000 donation to the American Cancer Society and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The settlement was reached after the employee who the EEOC alleged was denied a reasonable accommodation, Nancy Driesenga, passed away unexpectedly due to reasons unrelated to the claims

BOSTON – Atlantic Properties Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property management companies in Boston, violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a new hire with a disability and subsequently withdrawing her job offer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the individual was offered employment as an executive administrative assistant to the president and vice president of

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Trinity Health Grand Rapids, formerly known as Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a hospital and member of the Trinity Health-Michigan health system, agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Trinity Health violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by rescinding a job offer

BOSTON - Bob’s Tire Company, Inc., a used tire scrap and recycling facility in New Bedford, Massachusetts, violated federal law by subjecting male and Hispanic employees — nearly all of Guatemalan descent — to sexual, racial, and/or national origin harassment, and retaliated against one employee who complained about sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the owner of Bob’s Tire, Robert