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Lakeside Plastics to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

MILWAUKEE – Lakeside Plastics, Inc., a manufacturing company in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will pay $60,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

The EEOC’s suit alleged that a black temporary employee worked for Lakeside Plastics, which produces traffic safety products, from June to July 2019 as a production technician. According to the suit, during the course of his employment, the black employee was

January 24, 2025

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AccentCare to Pay $26,000 in EEOC Equal Pay and Retaliation Suit

PHILADELPHIA – AccentCare, Inc., a Texas home healthcare services company with an office in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, will pay $26,000 to settle an equal pay and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female licensed practical nurses working out of AccentCare’s Pottsville, Pennsylvania, location were paid less than a male colleague, despite their superior qualifications. After one of the women repeatedly complained about the gender-based pay disparity

March 10, 2025

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Academy Mortgage to Pay $75,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Academy Mortgage Corporation, an Albuquerque mortgage lending company, has entered into a public conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a sex discrimination and retaliation charge, the federal agency announced today.

This agreement resolves a charge of discrimination filed against Academy Mortgage and ends an investigation in which the EEOC determined there was reasonable cause to believe Academy Mortgage violated Title VII. A former supervisor at the company is

July 15, 2025

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EEOC Sues South Valley Care Center for Age Discrimination and Retaliation

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – South Valley Care Center, LLC, a long-term nursing care facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, violated federal law when it harassed and discriminated against older employees and retaliated against these workers when they complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed last week.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, older workers in the laundry department were harassed by their supervisor, including the supervisor making comments such as “You are

June 23, 2025

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Starlite Station to Pay $100,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

DENVER – 'Murica LLC, operator of the Western-themed Starlite Station bar and dance hall in Greeley, Colorado, and its owners will pay $100,000 to former employees and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, ‘Murica LLC created a sexually hostile work environment for both female and male employees, with the owner often touching female

June 23, 2025

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Landry’s Seafood House to Pay $90,000 in EEOC National Origin Harassment Lawsuit

DENVER – National restaurant chain Landry’s Seafood House will pay $90,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a national origin harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Landry’s employees, including managers and supervisors, regularly and openly mocked an Iranian employee’s accent, criticized her physical appearance by making comments like “nobody wants to see your hairy back,” and treated her

May 12, 2025

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Ralphie’s Sports Eatery to Pay $125,000 in EEOC Race, Disability and Retaliation Discrimination Suit

CLEVELAND – Bennett Enterprises Inc., doing business as Ralphie’s Sports Eatery Company, will pay $125,000 and provide other relief to settle a race, disability and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a biracial woman with a diagnosis of depression and anxiety worked for Bennett Enterprises as a server at its Ralphie’s Sports Eatery location in Kenton, Ohio. The former

April 29, 2025

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New York Beer Project to Pay $225,000 in EEOC Disability Lawsuit

BUFFALO, NY – New York Beer Project, LLC, will pay $225,000 to two former bartenders to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, New York Beer Project refused to let two bartenders return to work after it was notified of their medical conditions. One bartender shared his cancer diagnosis and was left off the schedule for months before

March 24, 2025

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White Pine Senior Living to Pay $73,000 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

MINNEAPOLIS – White Pine Senior Living, an assisted living facility in Minnesota, has agreed to pay $73,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, White Pine Senior Living awarded a promotion to a female employee, but once the manager learned of the employee’s pregnancy, the manager threatened to demote her

April 14, 2025

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EEOC Sues Taco Bell Franchisees for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

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

March 11, 2025
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