Tepanyaki Steakhouse Fired Pregnant Server Immediately Upon Discovering Her Condition, Federal Agency Charges

SALT LAKE CITY – A Clearfield, Utah-based Japanese restaurant violated federal law by firing a server because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit against Tepanyaki of Clearfield L.L.C. (Case No. 1:09-cv-43 TS in U.S. District Court for the

Supervisor on Road Construction Crew Harassed Two Women, Federal Agency Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., which engages in business activities related to road construction, violated federal law by subjecting a class of women to sexual harassment and firing one woman for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

In its suit, the EEOC said that

Pregnant Temp Terminated for Complaining About Discrimination, EEOC Said

PHOENIX– The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled its pregnancy discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against two international corporations for $64,500 in monetary relief and remedial relief and that Federal District Court Judge G. Murray Snow signed the consent decrees resolving this case.

The EEOC's suit (Case No. 2:08-CV-0221-PHX-GMS in U.S. District Court for the

Agency Cites Explicit Sexual and Gender Based Comments, Racial Slurs and Retaliation Against a Class of Workers

BALTIMORE – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against Accurate Insulation, LLC, on behalf of a female and class of African American workers who were employed at its Upper Marlboro, Md. location.

According to the suit, (Civil Action 8:09-cv-00793), filed in the U.S. District Court for the

Woman Battling Breast Cancer Fired When She Attempted to Return to Work, Federal Agency Charged

BALTIMORE – A White Marsh, Md., medical practice violated federal law when it refused to return an employee to work who had recovered from breast cancer surgery, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-00803-WDQ), filed in U.S District Court for the District of Maryland, Medical

EEOC Charged Pain Management Practice Terminated Chiropractor Due to Pregnancy

PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County Pain Management will pay $95,000 and provide  equitable relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

The EEOC charged in its lawsuit (Civil Action 07-cv-4086, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania) that the pain treatment center terminated Dr. Kristina M. Shuffler because of her pregnancy.  Shuffler began

Mine Refused to Hire Laborer With Hearing Impairment, Federal Agency Charges

MINNEAPOLIS – A Hibbing,  Minn., taconite mining company  violated federal law by denying an applicant a reasonable accommodation for his  hearing impairment and then rejecting him from employment because of his  disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in  a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Hibbing Taconite  Company initially refused to interview James Edstrom for

Prayer Breaks Sought by Muslim Employees to be Instituted;
Total of $365,000 to be Paid, Job Offers Made in Two Cases

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today  that Magistrate Judge Jeanne J. Graham of the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn.,  has ordered final approval of consent decrees settling two religious  discrimination lawsuits brought by the EEOC against a leading St. Cloud,  Minn.-based chicken processor, Gold’n Plump Poultry, Inc

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Britthaven, Inc., a Kinston, N.C.-based  nursing home and assisted living chain, will pay $300,000 to settle a pregnancy  discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The  EEOC had charged that Britthaven had, since at least 2002, subjected pregnant  employees to different terms and conditions of employment than its non‑pregnant  employees. Specifically, the EEOC said  that upon learning that an employee was

Yarn Company Suspended Woman for Complaining About Abuse, Federal Agency Charged

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A North Carolina yarn  manufacturing company violated federal law by subjecting an employee to sexual  harassment and then retaliating against her for com­plaining about it, the U.S.  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed  today.

In its suit, the EEOC said that from around April 2007 to December 2007,  Tuscarora Yarns