MEMPHIS — Triad National Security, LLC, a laboratory management company based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, agreed to resolve charges of discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $2.8 million and other relief, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC received multiple charges of discrimination alleging that since at least 2021 Triad denied employees religious and/or disability accommodations to the company’s vaccine mandate and testing policy and retaliated against them. The

BALTIMORE — Solera Holdings, LLC, a Westlake, Texas-based vehicle lifecycle management company, violated federal law when it denied a blind employee the same job-related support and resources provided to other employees and then fired him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Solera transferred the longtime employee, who worked from his home in Bel Air, Maryland, from a consultant position to a sales position

CHICAGO — BNSF Railway Company violated federal law when it fired an employee because of his disability after he requested a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the lawsuit, the employee, who has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition which can result in painful joints, was hired as a BNSF laborer in Chicago in April 2023. During required field training in Overland Park, Kansas, he

DENVER — Aurora, Colorado-based Wagner Equipment, an industrial machinery and equipment company, will pay $200,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit for disability discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Wagner Equipment used unlawful qualification standards which screened out an employee with a disability who was attempting to return from work following medical leave. Specifically, the company required

NEWARK, N.J. — Piscataway, New Jersey-based Novadoz Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $116,666 to settle a 2025 charge alleging it denied an assistant manager’s request to work remotely because of her race, her American national origin and her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC’s charge investigation found reasonable cause that Novadoz approved Piscataway-based Indian employees to work remotely from India for personal reasons, but forced the American employee to take

SECAUCUS, N.J. — Optima Care Secaucus, LLC, doing business as Optima Care Fountains, owner and operator of a skilled nursing home and rehabilitation facility, violated federal law when it revoked a certified nursing assistant’s reasonable accommodations without reason and then fired her based on her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’S lawsuit, Optima Care accommodated the employee’s musculoskeletal impairments for almost seven years

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, the largest operator of discount department stores in the country, violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a deaf employee at a Fredericksburg Walmart, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, starting in September 2020, a deaf employee who worked as a stocker requested sign language interpreter services for daily staff meetings. These

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), a national shipping, logistics, and supply chain management company, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate or hire a deaf applicant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, in November 2024, a qualified deaf applicant applied for an entry-level package handling position in Chantilly, Virginia. UPS made a conditional offer of employment

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, a provider of marine construction, repair and conversion services employing more than 300 workers at 10 shipyards across the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, and its subsidiary Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilder, LLC, violated federal law by rescinding job offers after learning of applicants’ prescription medications, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, between October 2024 through February 2025, the companies offered

OKLAHOMA CITY — Willow Park Healthcare Center and Southwest LTC Management Services violated federal law when they denied a nurse’s request for disability‑related medical leave, harassed her, and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a wound care nurse at Willow Park Healthcare Center in Lawton, Oklahoma needed surgery for a disabling back condition in 2024 and informed her supervisors that