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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Four national companies that jointly built and maintained oil & gas pipelines in New Mexico and Texas will pay $1,750,000 and provide other relief to settle a systemic race, national origin and sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

“No one should have to put up with insults or derogatory remarks about their race or national origin just to earn

SEATTLE — Spokane Valley-based HVAC contractor Air Control Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., which does business as Air Control Heating & Electric, Inc., has agreed to pay $361,000 to seven current and former female employees and to be subject to federal oversight for a five-year period to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Air Control’s founder, owner

PHOENIX – RCC Partners, LLC, doing business as sandwich shop Subway 701 in Buckeye, Arizona, will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Subway 701 hired a young man in 2019 after his mother explained to the restaurant that he needed accommodations because of his autism and ADHD. The EEOC said

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Car dealers Victory Automotive Group, Inc. and Cappo Management XXIX, Inc. will pay $150,000 and hire a consultant to facilitate changes to their policies and training practices to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the joint employers terminated a title clerk working at their Sacramento dealership over fears that she might have cancer. The

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MEDFORD, Ore. — The restaurant New China will pay $120,000 and provide other signifi­cant relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that New China’s male restaurant manager repeatedly targeted female employees ages 15-20 with sexual comments and inappropriate touching that escalated from unwanted hugs to groping. In his 50s, the manager mostly worked the night shift. Because he

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