By Patrick Hoff

A DHL subsidiary agreed to pay $80,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the company unlawfully fired an employee who asked to change work assignments because of her sickle cell anemia, according to a Georgia federal court filing.

By Patrick Hoff

Butterball LLC will pay $230,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the poultry producer fired an employee for missing work to attend chemotherapy appointments, the parties told a North Carolina federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

An Indiana disability services provider will pay $65,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it refused to hire a deaf applicant in a housekeeping job, according to a Wednesday filing in federal court.

By Grace Elletson

Ford Motor Co. has struck a $2.3 million settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to close a harassment charge alleging that racist graffiti was commonplace in employee break rooms and bathrooms at one of its New York manufacturing facilities.

By Patrick Hoff

Auto glass repair company Safelite urged a Georgia federal court to trim the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's lawsuit alleging the company refused to hire women as technicians, arguing the claims of a company-wide practice are too flimsy to stay in court.

By Kelcey Caulder

A Piggly Wiggly operator has agreed to pay $65,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the grocer forced a religious deli worker to work on the Sunday Sabbath, according to a Friday filing in Georgia federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A global airline catering company failed to take action after a female employee complained that her male mentor regularly made sexual comments about her body, according to a suit filed Friday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Grace Elletson

A home healthcare provider has agreed to pay $60,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business's male owner made sexual comments to staff and groped them without recourse, according to a Virginia federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

The American arm of Tokyo-based marketing giant Dentsu declined to hire a female job applicant because she was pregnant, according to a new suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against the company in Minnesota federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

An Oklahoma sunroom builder will pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging its owner sexually harassed female employees and forced out a woman who complained, according to a filing in federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal court Tuesday that American Airlines agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a suit alleging it left a blind customer service worker on unpaid leave for years rather than letting her use screen reader software.

By Grace Elletson

A Tennessee federal judge closed a suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urging a packaging manufacturer to respond to an agency subpoena stemming from a sexual harassment charge.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday that the St. Louis Sheriff's Office has reached an agreement to resolve 13 race and age discrimination charges alleging it unlawfully fired a group of largely older white workers.

By Patrick Hoff

A Wisconsin car dealership groundlessly disciplined and forced out employees who complained about a sales manager who made racist comments and assaulted a Black employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has alleged in federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

An Italian restaurant chain will pay $3 million to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it disregarded a male supervisor's sexual comments and rude gestures toward female employees, according to a California federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

The Kroger Co. will pay $75,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the grocery chain rejected a worker's request to sit while working to manage nerve damage caused by cancer treatments, according to a Georgia federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A roofing business has agreed to pay $270,000 to shutter a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the company failed to take action after a worker complained that his boss sexually harassed and assaulted him on the job, according to a New York federal court filing.

By Gina Kim

Smithfield Foods challenged a Georgia magistrate judge's report recommending the meat processor face the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit claiming it fired a senior sales employee due to her age, arguing Thursday the report cannot try to dictate how the company should've saved costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a California judge to toss a transgender former agency director's suit claiming the EEOC's reduction of LGBTQ protections caused him so much distress he was forced to quit, arguing his suit pushes only general grievances about presidential policy.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court that it was withdrawing a suit seeking records on Nike's diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and other corporate practices, saying the sports apparel giant has given the agency what it wants.