LAS VEGAS — GSK Research Inc. and KGS Research, Inc., doing business as VRI Research, operators of a call center in Las Vegas, violated federal law when they discriminated against employees because of their disabilities and retaliated against them for requesting accommodations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since August 2018 the defendants failed to observe their legal responsibilities under the Americans with

ALEXANDRIA, La. — Hunt Forest Products, L.L.C., a Ruston, Louisiana-based wood products manufacturing company, violated federal law when it terminated a laborer’s employment after learning he had a seizure while not at work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Hunt Forest Products required the worker to undergo an examination because of a seizure he had in May 2023. The examining neurologist recommended that

MOBILE, Ala. — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG), a shipbuilding company located in Panama City, Florida, violated federal law when it rescinded an Army veteran’s job offer shortly after learning of his Veterans Administration disability rating, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company gave him a job offer as a machinist in November 2024, conditional upon passing a pre-employment/post-offer physical examination. Although

RALEIGH, N.C. — Summit Hospitality Group, Ltd., doing business as Residence Inn Raleigh Downtown, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s disability and discharged him from employment when he was not able to return to work at 100% capacity, according to a lawsuit announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in March 2024, an employee who worked at the Residence Inn Raleigh Downtown as

DALLAS — National discount retailer Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc, violated federal law when it refused to hire a profoundly deaf applicant at its distribution warehouse in Lancaster, Texas because of her disability and subjected her to an overtly discriminatory qualification standard, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in May 2025, Ollie’s refused to hire the applicant, who had several years of experience working

GREENBELT, Md. — MedStar Health, Inc., a healthcare network in Maryland, and member hospital MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland, violated federal law by failing to hire an applicant with a disability and conducting an unlawful post-offer medical examination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in March 2024, MedStar extended a job offer to an applicant in an admitting registrar position

ATLANTA — Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), an international logistics company headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, will pay $80,000 and take remedial measures to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s complaint, Exel denied a reasonable accommodation to a temporary employee at its Forest Park, Georgia logistics center who has sickle cell disorder, which can be triggered by extreme

BALTIMORE — American Multi-Cinema (AMC), a nationwide movie theatre chain, will pay $56,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, AMC, at its Owings Mills, Maryland location, violated federal law when it forced a 22-year employee with cerebral palsy to quit around September 2023 after it deprived him of reasonable accommodations

RALEIGH, N.C. — Butterball, LLC, a poultry processing company doing business in Mt. Olive, North Carolina, will pay $230,000 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.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a long-term employee informed the company of her cancer diagnosis and need for intermittent leave to receive chemotherapy and recover from those treatments. The company referred the