By Emily Brill

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a Piggly Wiggly operator in Georgia federal court on Tuesday, accusing the grocer of denying a religious accommodation to a deli worker that would have allowed her to observe Sunday Sabbath.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a pair of national origin discrimination suits Tuesday as part of a wave of new enforcement actions, accusing a supermarket chain of illegally favoring Chinese workers and alleging that a group of commercial cleaning providers refused to hire American workers.

By Benjamin Morse

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued an auto dealership chain in Georgia federal court Tuesday, alleging it fired a sales employee after refusing to excuse him from Saturday work because of his religious beliefs.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued FedEx on Tuesday alleging blind employees in a North Carolina facility were unlawfully denied accommodations to help them work, including floor tactile tape for navigation, screen reading software and an audible employee time clock.

By Mike Curley

Cannabis giant Ascend Wellness Holdings Inc. is urging an Illinois federal court to throw out claims from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that a class of unnamed women employees faced constant sexual harassment, saying the complaint is too vague for the company to be on notice for what it has to defend against.

By Grace Elletson

A Georgia federal judge has greenlighted a $99,000 deal JCPenney reached with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to wrap up a suit claiming the department store chain fired a worker for taking time off for chemotherapy sessions, the agency announced Monday.

By Grace Elletson

A Missouri restaurant will pay $25,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming its owner sexually harassed a female manager through inappropriate comments and unwanted touching, according to a federal court filing.

By Patrick Hoff

An auto parts manufacturer violated federal genetic information protections by asking job applicants for details about family medical history as part of the hiring process, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new lawsuit.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed in a Mississippi federal court suit that a barge transportation company violated disability bias law by yanking back a worker's job offer after he failed a color vision test, even though the results wouldn't have impacted his position.

By Grace Elletson

O'Reilly Auto Parts illegally fired a worker who couldn't return to his truck-driving position after suffering a seizure instead of finding him a new role, a new disability discrimination suit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in Michigan federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

The District of Columbia's water utility will pay over $216,700 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it unlawfully fired a 54-year-old human resources employee and replaced him with someone two decades younger, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A staffing company has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sex bias suit claiming the business agreed to ensure it wouldn't send female applicants to an Alabama recycling plant for open laborer positions.

By Patrick Hoff

A berry grower will pay $550,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it failed to stop managers, supervisors and other employees from making sexual comments about female workers, according to a filing in California federal court.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and emergency services provider Global Medical Response told a Colorado federal court they've reached an agreement to resolve the agency's lawsuit alleging that the company's strict no-beard policy violated federal laws.

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the operators of a seafood wholesaler have reached a settlement to end the agency's suit alleging the company refused to hire women for warehouse jobs based on the assumption that they couldn't lift heavy stock.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Kentucky federal court that a limousine company has failed to follow through on promises that it would pay $95,000 to a group of female workers who said they were sexually harassed on the job.

By Patrick Hoff

A Berkshire Hathaway-owned precious metals company will pay $2.8 million to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that it segregated jobs by sex and paid women less than men, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.

By Vin Gurrieri

A physical therapy provider has agreed to pay $125,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by firing an employee days after she gave birth, according to a New York federal court filing Monday.

By Patrick Hoff

A white former New York Times editor joined the EEOC's suit alleging he was unlawfully denied a promotion, asserting Monday that the paper "boldly and badly" ran afoul of a recent U.S. Supreme Court holding that federal antibias law offers equal protection to majority and minority groups.

By Patrick Hoff

A multifamily property management company will pay $90,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it failed to stop a male employee from harassing and threatening a female manager, according to a filing in Kentucky federal court.