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HOUSTON – Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC, doing business as Dexian DISYS, a globally managed staffing and services company providing information technology staffing and consulting services, violated federal anti-discrimination law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in a new lawsuit announced today.

The EEOC charged that around May 2023, a DISYS recruiter pursued a qualified potential job candidate for an accounting analyst position for a DISYS client. When the recruiter learned the candidate was

SAN FRANCISCO – National retailer Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, a New Jersey-based company, violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee with post-partum depression and then fired her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a worker employed as a cashier and bookseller at the company’s Hayward, California store went into pre-term labor in

ELKO, Nev. – Drilling services provider Boart Longyear Company (US) agreed to provide $177,500 to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that supervisors and coworkers harassed a black employee on the basis of his race during his employment at a Boart Longyear facility in Elko, Nevada from November 2021 to October 2022.

“The things

HOUSTON – HSS Security, LLC, a company that provides security services to hospitals in Texas, will pay $35,000 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 the lawsuit, the EEOC charged that after initially offering a highly qualified female applicant a job as a security supervisor, HSS Security unlawfully rescinded the offer and refused to hire her because

OXFORD, Miss.—Intrepid Gymnastics, LLC, a gymnastics studio formerly operating in Horn Lake, Mississippi, will pay $50,000 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 allegations in the EEOC’s lawsuit, Intrepid’s president and majority owner sexually harassed a 19-year-old employee and other employees, including minors. He frequently offered money for sex, asked the teen and minor employees to

SAN FRANCISCO—Global retailer Walmart, Inc. violated federal law when it failed to provide a readily available reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability, which would have allowed her to return to work; instead, the company placed her on unpaid leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Walmart repeatedly refused to allow a longtime employee to return to the work she had successfully

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– Crain Automotive Holdings, LLC, operator of automobile dealership Crain Kia of Bentonville, Arkansas, will pay $47,500 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Crain retaliated against an employee by firing him after he reported his manager to human resources for a racially discriminatory comment during a weekly sales meeting. After his report to human resources

THIBODEAUX, La. – X-Treme Tech Services, LLC, which provides marine electronic services, will pay $52,500 and provide other equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC filed the lawsuit on behalf of a female administrative assistant for X-Treme Tech. According to the lawsuit, the employee’s supervisor repeatedly and persistently subjected her to unwelcome sexual advances, sent her

FREMONT, Calif. — Vehicle auctioneer Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. will pay $175,000 and provide injunctive relief to resolve a racial harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 

According to the EEOC, a black yard worker faced racial harassment, including repeated racial slurs, by co-workers. Local managers were aware of the misconduct, but either ignored it or otherwise failed to take adequate steps to address it. The

HAYWARD, Calif. – Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, a non-profit medical center with 15 health centers and clinics through southern Alameda County, has agreed to provide $195,000 to three female employees and other injunctive relief following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

In July 2023, a female physician assistant filed an EEOC charge of discrimination alleging that she was consistently paid at a lower rate of pay

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NASG Realty, LLC., (doing business as North American Stamping Group), a manufacturer of stamped metal components and welded assemblies for the automotive industry, violated federal law by failing to hire and promote female employees to certain production jobs and subjecting female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC, NASG has engaged in an ongoing pattern

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – DHL Supply Chain (USA), a leading supply chain logistics services provider in the United States, violated federal law when supervisors and managers at its Memphis site ignored complaints of sexual harassment and discouraged female associates from complaining about the abuse, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, a permanent female employee charged that while working for DHL she complained to three supervisors

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Christopher Green Appointed Director of EEOC’s San Francisco District

SAN FRANCISCO – Christopher Green has been appointed director of the agency’s San Francisco District, effective Jan. 13, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

As director, Green will provide guidance and support to local offices under his district in matters of investigation, charge processing, education, outreach and other areas. Green has worked for the EEOC in various roles for 16 years

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Prestigious Placement, Inc., and Prosero, Inc., will pay $215,000 and furnish other relief 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 lawsuit, a male lead employed by Prosero subjected female employees placed by Prestigious Placement to unwelcome sexual comments. When two of the female employees complained to supervisors, they were ignored. Later, Prosero terminated the

VALLEJO, Calif. – MedMark Treatment Centers, a subsidiary of BayMark Health Services which provides treatment for opioid addiction and substance use disorders, agreed to provide $55,000 to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, a counselor at MedMark’s treatment center in Vallejo, California, requested disability accommodations to return to work after an extended medical leave. The EEOC’s investigation found

HOUSTON – Ayvaz Pizza, LLC, doing business as Pizza Hut, which operates more than 350 Pizza Hut restaurants in ten states and multiple locations in the Houston area, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to sex-based harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC, the employee was harassed by her immediate supervisor after she attempted to break off their personal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Former cellular phone retailer Wireless World LLC, doing business as Experts Choice, will pay $107,916 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit against its predecessor Elite Wireless Group, Inc., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

According to the EEOC’s complaint, a teenage female store employee of Elite Wireless faced sexual harassment, including repeated unwelcome advances and requests for sex, from a sales manager in 2017. The sales manager later sexually

HOUSTON – VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, VibraLife hired an employee with a sleep disorder for a night shift position. The job posting required the selected candidate to work 36 hours per week in three 12-hour shifts

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Catalyst Family Inc., a non-profit company that operates child development centers in various locations in California, has agreed to provide almost $150,000 to a former employee and injunctive relief following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s investigation, the part-time employee worked for Catalyst Family for about two years when he requested an accommodation for his intellectual and cognitive disabilities

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Cruz Construction Co., Inc., agreed to provide $56,000 and injunctive relief to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s investigation, the company fired an administrative assistant in July 2023, two days after she requested a reasonable accommodation for a disability.

Firing an employee because she asserted her right to ask for accommodation violated the Americans with

RENO, Nev. – Victra, the business name of ABC Phones of North Carolina and a nationwide retailer of Verizon mobile devices, violated federal law when it denied a worker’s request to leave new hire training early for an urgent medical evaluation related to her pregnancy and rescinded her job offer instead, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, a woman hired as a sales consultant

FREMONT, Calif. – Vehicle auctioneer Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAAI) violated federal law by tolerating racial harassment of a Black employee who was eventually forced to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a yard attendant at the company’s Fremont, California, facility endured constant racial slurs, including the “n-word,” up to 15 times a day by co-workers for over a year. This verbal

HOUSTON – Employment & Training Centers, Inc. (ETC), a human resource consulting firm, will pay $35,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, following a conditional job offer, ETC refused to reasonably accommodate an applicant who said he was unable to produce a urine specimen for drug testing because of end-stage kidney disease. The company failed to

HOUSTON -- HSS Security, LLC, a nationwide business providing security guards and other security services, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant because she is a woman, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a woman applied for a security shift supervisor position at an HSS Security client site, a hospital in Webster, Texas. The job description required prior security guard