INDIANAPOLIS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it filed suit against Keystone RV Company, headquartered in Goshen, Indiana, for failing to accommodate and firing an employee with a disability at its Wakarusa, Indiana factory.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Keystone refused to give less than a week of unpaid leave to accommodate an employee with a disability who needed surgery. Keystone rigidly adhered to its attendance policy, which required employees with

INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it filed suit against Kenneth O. Lester Company, Inc., doing business as PFG Customized Distribution – Indiana (PFG Customized Distribution), headquartered in Lebanon, Tennessee, for sex discrimination in hiring and job assignments at its Kendallville, Indiana warehouse.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that since 2018, PFG Customized Distribution has refused to hire female job applicants for order-selector positions because of their sex

DETROIT – Eden Foods, Inc., an organic foods company headquartered in Clinton, Michigan that claims to be the premier natural foods company in the Americas, violated federal law by subjecting female employees to repeated sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Eden’s owner and president touched multiple female employees inappropriately. The EEOC’s pre-suit investigation revealed that the company’s owner regularly touched the

INDIANAPOLIS – Heart of CarDon, a Bloomington, Indiana-based senior living community, will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, Heart of CarDon determined an employee could no longer perform the essential functions of her certified nursing assistant job due to lifting restrictions resulting from a work injury. Though the employee expressed interest

DETROIT -- Blue Sky Vision, L.L.C., a Delaware-based management services organ­ization that provides support to eye care providers, will pay $67,590 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability-discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged that Blue Sky Vision violated federal law when it subjected an employee to an unlawful medical inquiry and then fired him because it perceived him to be disabled

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Agropur, Inc., a diary processor and U.S. subsidiary of Canadian-based Agropur Cooperative, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for failing to provide a disabled employee with a reasonable accommodation, which resulted in her discharge, the federal agency announced today. The employee worked at Agropur’s Grand Rapids location with approximately 175 other employees.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Agropur refused to accommodate the employee’s severe dyshidrotic eczema

LOUISVILLE – Total Maintenance Solutions, Inc., a Cincinnati-area company that specializes in commercial cleaning and construction clean-up, will pay $22,500 to a former female employee and implement other relief to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, Total Maintenance Solutions, through its male owner, forced the employee to endure sexual harassment, including unwanted touching, sexual comments, overtures and

DETROIT – Meijer, Inc., a grocery store chain based in Grand Rapids, Mich., will pay $30,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC alleged that Meijer violated federal law by denying an employee a reasonable accommodation and demoting him to a lower-paying job because of his disability.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a cashier at Meijer’s Commerce

INDIANAPOLIS – A Bloomington, Ind., fast-food sandwich shop will pay $28,700 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its suit that Ranrae, Inc., doing business as Subway violated federal law by rejecting a hard-of-hearing applicant because of his hearing and resultant speech impairments.

Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit (Case No

DETROIT – United Precision Products Co., Inc., a Michigan-based aerospace components manufac­turer, will pay $60,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, United Precision Products violated federal law by refusing to hire an applicant because of his age. The then-64-year-old applicant applied through a staffing agency to be a machine operator. During a