WASHINGTON – A leading global technology company with locations in twelve U.S. states specializing in electronics and computing products and services will pay $15 million and furnish other relief to resolve charges of religious and disability discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The charges were filed with the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office in December 2021. In its investigation, the EEOC found reasonable cause to believe that

SAN FRANCISCO – A multinational technology consulting company doing business in the United States as HCL America, Inc., and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, agreed to pay $495,000 and provide injunctive relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in August 2024, the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, in July 2021, HCL America rejected a qualified 62-year-old job applicant of Indian descent, who applied for a

RENO, Nev. – Blue Eagle Contracting, Inc., a Grass Valley, California-based bulk mail delivery contractor for the U.S. Postal Service, violated federal law when it failed to return a Christian employee truck driver to a weekday shift so he could attend Sunday morning church services, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in September 2022, Blue Eagle hired the driver, who informed supervisors of

ATLANTA – Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), an international logistics company, violated federal law and discriminated against an employee at its Forest Park, Georgia warehouses when it denied her a reasonable accommodation and then discharged her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Exel denied a reasonable accommodation to a disabled, former temporary employee who worked for Exel through a

RALEIGH, N.C. – Butterball, LLC, a food processing company based out of Garner, North Carolina and doing business in Mt. Olive, North Carolina, violated federal law when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee for treatment for breast cancer 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 long-term employee informed the company of her cancer diagnosis and

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – BestBet Jacksonville, Inc., the largest poker room in Florida, violated federal law when it failed to offer reasonable accommodations to a class of pregnant employees and forced them to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, BestBet maintained a strict policy requiring employees to resign if they missed two weeks or more of work and do not otherwise qualify for leave

MOBILE, Ala. – Smoke BBQ, LLC, and Thorny Oyster, LLC, operators of Cosmos Restaurant in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, will pay significant monetary damages and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Cosmos fired a female server in November 2023 the day after the company learned of her pregnancy. The worker had held her position

SANTA FE, N.M. – St. Vincent Hospital, a medical facility operating Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center (CSV) in Santa Fe, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee with a disability and firing her because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in or around 2021, a long-term employee of CSV fractured her foot and tore tendons in her

ST. LOUIS – Cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company’s Collinsville, Illinois facility to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, at least as early as February 2021, the Collinsville facility manager and other male employees continually harassed female employees, including touching, sexual comments, sexual advances, requests for sexual relations, and

NEW ORLEANS –The Cogar Group, Ltd., a Fairfax, Virginia-based security services company operating in several states, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs, instead forcing him to choose between attending services at his church and keeping his position as a security guard, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in February 2024, The Cogar Group told the security guard