SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — TNT Chicken, Inc., operator of fried chicken fast food restaurants with the Slim Chickens brand, violated federal law when it subjected an employee at one of the company’s Sioux Falls locations to unlawful race and sex harassment and then retaliated against her for objecting to the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

Such conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of

CHICAGO – Admiral Theatre, Inc., an exotic dance club providing adult entertainment services, will pay $200,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit for sex and race discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Admiral violated federal law by subjecting female entertainers to hostile and dangerous working conditions where they faced sexual harassment, including egregious physical attacks and assaults

WASHINGTON — The New York Times Company, a global news publisher based in New York, N.Y., violated federal law when it passed over a white male employee for a promotion because of his race and/or sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, The New York Times chose not to promote a well-qualified white male employee because of his race and/or sex. The New

LOS ANGELES – Metro Eighteen, Inc., a San Francisco-based home electronics installation company, will pay $70,098 and provide other relief to settle a race harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former employee, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a black employee at Metro Eighteen’s Los Angeles location was subjected to racially charged language and conduct by co-workers. He complained to

BALTIMORE – Ourisman Edgewood I, Inc., trading as Ourisman Toyota 40, and parent company Ourisman Cars Management Company, LLC, which owns and operates approximately 50 car dealerships in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., violated federal employment law by failing to take effective remedial action in response to racial harassment of car salesmen, according to a new lawsuit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the suit, after a finance manager at

CHICAGO – Planned Parenthood of Illinois (Planned Parenthood) violated federal law when they segregated employees by race, subjected white employees to harassment, and engaged in disparate treatment against white employees regarding terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found as part of a class investigation into charges brought by multiple Planned Parenthood employees.

According to the EEOC’s reasonable cause findings, Planned Parenthood had mandatory “affinity caucuses” that were segregated

WASHINGTON – Epiq Food Hall Woodbridge, LLC, which owned and operated a food hall in Woodbridge, Virginia, will pay $54,000 and provide other relief to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Epiq’s black general manager faced racial harassment from the company’s owner, who frequently made derogatory comments about black customers and employees, calling them “ignorant,” “ghetto,” and