The Braun Electric Company violated federal law when it allowed the unwelcome sexual harassment and discrimination of a class of female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.  The Bakersfield, Calif.-based company provides electrical services for the oil and gas industry throughout California's San Joaquin Valley. 

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed this week that St. Alexius Medical Center (SAMC) in Hoffman Estates, Ill., violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to accommodate a hospital greeter with a cognitive disability.

A prominent Baltimore medical practice with over 1,000 employees violated federal law when it fired a medical practice representative instead of providing unpaid leave as an accommodation of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

Mount Vernon Mills, Inc., a Greenville, S.C., textile company with a cotton mill in Cuero, Texas, will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harass­ment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has implemented a new plan to accept and investigate claims of employment discrimination brought in Lee County, Fla.  The EEOC's announcement comes after the Lee County Board of County Commissioners repealed its local EEO ordinance by a vote of 4 to 1.  As a result of the Board of Commissioners vote, the Lee County Office of Equal Opportunity notified the EEOC that it will no longer conduct intake of employment discrimination complaints under a work sharing agreement with the EEOC, and will soon no longer investigate such complaints.

Electrical distributor Wedco, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting a black delivery driver to racial harassment and discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today against the family-run business based in Reno, Nev.

The MBM Corporation's food distribution facility in Mason City, Iowa, one of many operated by the company, violated the law when company officials failed to remove racist graffiti from the men's room even after receiving a complaint, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed in federal court on Sept. 25. (EEOC v. MBM Corporation, N. District Iowa No. 3:12-cv-03069-MWB, D. Judge Bennet.)

S.T.L.I, Inc., doing business as J's Seafood Restaurant of Panama City, a Florida corporation operating a seafood restaurant in Panama City, Fla., violated federal law by discharging two servers because of their pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The Sneakers Corporation, doing business as Just Sneakers, Inc., violated federal law by discriminating against a legally blind sales clerk because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. Sneakers, Inc. is a Georgia corporation operating athletic specialty retail stores in Georgia and Alabama.

A federal jury awarded $200,000 in punitive damages yesterday to three former employees of AA Foundries in a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.