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EEOC Sues Lodging Lane Hospitality for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

OXFORD, MS – Lodging Lane Hospitality, doing business as Home2 Suites and owned and operated by One by NP, violated federal civil rights laws when it allowed one of its managers to subject a female housekeeper at the hotel to ongoing sexual harassment and then fired her shortly after she complained about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.   

According to the EEOC’s suit, the manager

September 30, 2021

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Hospital Housekeeping Services Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

Fort Smith, Ark. –Hospital Housekeeping Services (HHS) violated federal law when it terminated employees who failed its Essential Functions Test (EFT) because of their disabilities, despite their ability to perform their job, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today. The lawsuit alleges the EFT screened out individuals with  disabilities.  
              
According to the EEOC’s suit, around 2015, HHS began requiring its employees to take the EFT at hire, annually

September 29, 2021

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EEOC Sues Arizona Subway Franchise for Disability Discrimination

PHOENIX – RCC Partners, LLC, doing business as Subway 701 in Buckeye, Arizona, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee with autism and ADHD and then fired because he had a disability and/or need for accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Friday.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Subway 701 hired Kenneth Wiley in 2019 after his mother explained to the restaurant that Wiley needed

September 13, 2021

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Star Cases / Zero Manufacturing to Pay $27,500 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge

NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah — A North Salt Lake-based manufacturing company will pay $27,500 to resolve a disability discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation revealed that a qualified individual with a disability was denied reasonable accommodations to perform her job. The reasonable accommodation was in the form of leave. Although the company was aware of the employee’s need for leave as an

September 8, 2021

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Labor Source / Wise Staffing to Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

OXFORD, Miss. – Labor Source, L.L.C. doing business as Wise Staffing, part of Wise Staffing Group, one of the largest staffing services in the Southeast, will pay $40,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charging failure to hire based on pregnancy, the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Labor Source / Wise Staffing, headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, failed to hire a qualified pregnant

August 26, 2021

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EEOC Sues Elwood Staffing Services for Disability Discrimination

OREM, Utah – Elwood Staffing Services, Inc., a nationwide staffing company with a location in Orem, Utah, violated federal law when it did not hire a qualified applicant because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed on Friday.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Elwood Staffing did not hire an applicant for a warehouse position because the applicant does not have a left hand. The EEOC said that the

August 23, 2021

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Lonza America to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Lonza America LLC, a New Jersey-based company in the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry, will pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that Lonza terminated a 14-year employee at its Charleston, Tenn., plant after the employee twice tested positive for a legally controlled substance. The lawsuit further alleged that

July 23, 2021

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White River Health System to Pay $52,500 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – White River Health System, Inc., headquartered in Batesville, Ark., will pay $52,500 to four former employees as part of the settlement of 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, filed in February 2020, White River fired four employees because White River’s insurance policy excluded anyone over the age of 72 from driving. The

July 13, 2021

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Telluride Express Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Case

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

June 30, 2021

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(Somali version) Warshada JBS Swift Waxey Bixin Doontaa Ilaa $5.5 Milyan Si Loo Xaliyo Kiiskii Ku Saabsanaa Dacwada EEOC ee Takoorida Xaga Diinta Iyo Midabka ee Greeley

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

June 9, 2021

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Amada Senior Care Resolves EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Case and Will Pay $250,000 to Caregivers

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

May 24, 2021

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USAble Life to Pay $90,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Discrimination Suit

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – USAble Life (USAL), an insurance company based in Florida and Little Rock, will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to EEOC’s lawsuit, USAL first received notice around March 26, 2018 of the complaints of an employee in its Little Rock office to a third party that the company was discriminating against her based on

May 12, 2021

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Logisticare Solutions, LLC to Pay $120,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

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

May 10, 2021

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First Metropolitan Financial Services to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

TUPELO, Miss. – First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

First Metropolitan operates a consumer loan and finance company in various towns across north Mississippi and in Bolivar and Memphis, Tenn. The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that First Metropolitan paid the female branch managers lower salaries than male branch managers, despite the male

March 18, 2021

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Carefree of Colorado to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Retaliation Suit

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

March 12, 2021

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Valley Tool to Pay $32,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

OXFORD – Valley Tool, Inc., a precision machine shop facility located in Water Valley, Miss., has agreed to pay $32,500 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged a sorter with sickle cell disease requested that Valley Tool allow her to take leave on the occasional days her blood disorder made her too ill to work. Instead, the suit alleged

March 12, 2021

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EEOC and Fagerberg Produce Agree to Conciliate Discrimination Charges

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

February 1, 2021

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EEOC Sues Lonza America / Arch Chemicals for Disability Discrimination

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Lonza America, Inc., which formerly operated in Charleston, Tenn., as Arch Chemicals, Inc., a manufacturer of pool and spa sanitizers and related treatment products, violated federal law by conducting unlawful medical exams and then firing a recovering opioid addict, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Based in Morristown, N.J., Lonza manufactures chemicals and ingredients for the pharma­ceutical industry.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an employee

November 6, 2020

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Trafficade to Pay Over $80,000 to Settle EEOC National Origin Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

PHOENIX – Trafficade Service, Inc., a Phoenix-based work zone services company, has agreed to pay $82,390 and provide other equitable relief to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging it harassed emp­loyees based on national origin and then retaliated against them for complaining, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Trafficade managers and employees repeatedly used racial slurs when referring to two Mexican American employees and created an unsafe workplace for them. The EEOC

October 28, 2020

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EEOC Sues MedicOne Medical Response for Sexual Harassment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – MedicOne Medical Response, an independent medical transport company providing ambulance services, violated federal civil rights laws when it failed to correct ongoing sexual harassment at its Nashville branch and retaliated against a woman who complained about sexual harass­ment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

MedicOne Medical Response, headquartered in Farmers Branch, Texas, operates three ambu­lance services in Tennessee and has facilities in Mississippi and Illinois

October 23, 2020

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EEOC Sues SSC Montrose San Juan Operating Co., LLC, SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services, LLC, And Sava Senior Care LLC For Sexual Harassment

MONTROSE, Colo. – SSC Montrose San Juan Operating Co., LLC, SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services, LLC, and Sava Senior Care LLC (collectively, “Sava”) violated federal law by tolerating the sexual harassment of female employees by Sava’s clients at the San Juan Living Center in Montrose, Colorado, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, clients at the San Juan Living Center repeatedly subjected female employees to sexual harassment

October 23, 2020

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EEOC Sues USF Holland for Sex Discrimination

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – USF Holland, LLC, a trucking company providing transportation and delivery services to customers throughout North America, violated federal law when it refused for decades to hire qualified females for truck driving positions because of their sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

USF Holland operates over 50 terminals in the United States. The EEOC alleges the discrim­ination occurred at Holland’s Olive Branch, Miss., terminal.           

According

October 13, 2020

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EEOC Sues Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals / Honorhealth for Disability Discrimination

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at a number of hospitals and medical facilities in the Phoenix area, failed to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. The EEOC also alleged that HonorHealth fired employees or forced them to quit because of their disabilities or because they needed accommo­dations.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit

October 1, 2020

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