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EEOC Files Agency’s First Subpoena Enforcement Action Under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued R&L Carriers Shared Services, LLC, a freight transportation and logistics company, to enforce a subpoena that the EEOC issued during their investigation of a sex and pregnancy discrimination charge, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC is investigating a charge of discrimination filed by a driver working for R&L Carriers in Matteson, Illinois. The driver alleges that R&L Carriers discriminated against her based on her

April 8, 2025

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TKO Construction Services to Pay $300,000 to Settle EEOC Sex, Race and Age Discrimination Lawsuit

MINNEAPOLIS – TKO Construction Services, a staffing company that provides temporary employees for commercial, residential, restoration, heavy industrial and energy construction companies, will pay $300,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit alleged that an employee, who worked for TKO as a recruiter, was told by TKO employees that the company did not hire women

January 16, 2025

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LM Wind Power, Inc. Agrees to Pay $125,000 in EEOC Racial Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – LM Wind Power, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of wind turbine blades, has agreed to pay $125,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Black employee’s managers and co-workers subjected him to pervasive racial harassment, including racial slurs and insults, and racially charged threats of

October 21, 2024

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EEOC Sues Two Employers for Sex Discrimination

WASHINGTON –The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed lawsuits against two companies to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the federal agency announced today.

“Harassment in the workplace based on gender identity is sex discrimination, and it’s against the law,” said EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride. “Transgender people have the same rights as everyone else to be safe at work and to have their humanity respected. Employers who

October 1, 2024

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EEOC Sues Mail Hauler Trucking for Disability Discrimination

FARGO, N.D. – Mail Hauler Trucking, LLC., which delivers mail for the United States Postal Service in North Dakota and South Dakota, violated federal law by terminating an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, a company driver who formerly delivered mail between various post offices on a route between Watertown and Corona in northeastern South Dakota had a physical

September 30, 2024

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EEOC Sues Admiral Theatre of Chicago for Sex and Race Discrimination and Retaliation

CHICAGO – Admiral Theatre, Inc., an exotic dance club providing adult entertainment services, violated federal law by subjecting female dancers to hostile and dangerous work conditions, according to a new lawsuit filed by the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today.

According to the suit, Admiral Theatre allowed the creation of a hostile environment for entertainers, who were exposed to dangerous, harassing, and sometimes violent behavior from club patrons which included grabbing, groping, slapping, and

September 26, 2024

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EEOC Sues Timken for Disability Discrimination

CHICAGO – Timken, Inc., which manufactures a range of supportive mechanical devices for industrial and aerospace uses, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it rescinded a job offer from a qualified applicant with decades of manufacturing experience because he is hard of hearing, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, Timken interviewed the applicant, an engineer with decades of manufacturing experience, and offered

September 26, 2024

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EEOC Sues Reggio’s Pizza for Retaliation

CHICAGO – Reggio’s Pizza, Inc., which operates restaurants and sells ready-made pizza throughout Chicago, violated federal law when it retaliated against an employee who objected to workplace harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the suit, Reggio’s Pizza fired an employee at its O’Hare Airport location because she complained about harassment. The employee, who is transgender, reported to the company that she believed a manager had

September 25, 2024

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EEOC Sues Helia Healthcare for Sexual Harassment, Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

CHICAGO – Helia Healthcare, doing business as Doctors Nursing Rehabilitation Center, violated federal laws by subjecting a licensed practical nurse to sexual harassment by a supervisor, failing to accommodate a short medical leave of absence, and then retaliating against her for reporting the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, a nurse who worked at Helia’s rehabilitation center in Salem, Illinois, was sexually harassed

September 10, 2024

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EEOC Sues Alto Ingredients for Disability Discrimination

CHICAGO – Alto Ingredients, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated an electrician from its campus in Pekin, Illinois, because of his disability, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, when the electrician applied for a job at Alto, he told the company that he was disabled due to back injury sustained during

August 5, 2024
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