Belmont Village, L.P. and Belmont Village at Buckhead Senior Living, LLC, owners and operators of senior living facilities throughout the United States, including a location in Atlanta, unlawfully fired two employees because of their pregnancies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed recently.

An Atlanta-based air transport communications company unlawfully discriminated against an employee because of her cancer surgery, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed recently.

A Lexington staffing agency, The Patty Tipton Company, violated federal law by refusing to hire a job applicant because she insisted on wearing a long skirt instead of pants due to her religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

Pine View Living, Inc. of Milwaukee, an assisted living facility, violated federal law by firing an employee for filing a job discrimination complaint against Pine View with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Wisconsin state Equal Rights Division, the EEOC charged in a lawsuit filed today.

Ford Motor Company, Inc. has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a disabled employee at its Dearborn, Mich., facility. Instead of accommodating her, Ford retaliated against her by subjecting her to progressive discipline and ultimately firing her, the EEOC charged in a lawsuit it filed on August 26, 2011.

Huntersville Seafood, Inc., doing business as Captain's Galley restaurant, will pay $86,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced late yesterday.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed suit against Advance Components, Inc. for age discrimination, complaining that the company unlawfully subjected a national sales representative to age-based termination.

Briggs Equipment, Inc., a Dallas-based company and one of North America's largest industrial and construction equipment distributors, will pay a former employee $112,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Premier Well Services, LLC, an El Dorado, Ark. company that provides services to oil and gas companies, will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Forrest City Grocery Company, a distributor of tobacco and grocery items to retail and convenience stores in six states, has agreed to pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC alleged that Forrest City Grocery, doing business as Dixie Tobacco & Candy Company in Shaw, Miss., now closed, denied sales positions to an employee because she is a woman.