ST. LOUIS – A.V.I. Sea Bar & Chophouse LLC, a restaurant and catering company in Wichita, Kansas, violated federal law when it fired a hostess because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the restaurant, A.V.I. Seabar & Chophouse, hired Macee Hoffman in December 2018 to work as a hostess and learned shortly thereafter of her pregnancy. As Hoffman’s pregnancy

ST. LOUIS – BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), a major North American freight transportation company, violated federal law by subjecting female employees at its Alliance, Nebraska railyard to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, female workers at the facility were subjected to an almost daily barrage of harassing conduct and comments from male coworkers and supervisors. The alleged treatment, which

ST. LOUIS – Hiland Dairy Foods, a Missouri-based producer and distributor of dairy products, violated federal law when it refused to hire a man to work in its Norman, Okla., plant because he was vision-impaired, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the suit, Hiland interviewed the man, toured the plant with him, and was aware of his vision impairment before it offered him a Dairy Plant

ST. LOUIS – A small chain of Nebraska restaurants will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC alleged El Vallarta violated federal discrimination law by allowing a manager and other workers at its Gretna, Neb., location to sexually harass a teenage female employee.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the male manager grabbed the young

ST. LOUIS – The Harlan Company, a St. Louis-based construction company, will pay $38,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged that The Harlan Company violated federal discrimination law by failing to hire a job applicant for a receptionist position in June 2019 because she was pregnant.

According to the EEOC, the company interviewed the

LOUIS – Walmart Stores East, L.P. will pay $40,000 and provide additional training to its managers to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Emily Hayman was born with a congenital amputation – her right arm ends at the elbow. In March 2018, Hayman applied for a freight handler position at Walmart’s Ochelata, Okla., Grocery Distribution Center. She