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.

By Patrick Hoff

An HCA Healthcare subsidiary has agreed to pay $200,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it refused to promote a researcher because he was an Asian man in his 50s, the federal agency told a Tennessee federal court.

By Grace Elletson

Educational publisher Pearson has agreed to pay $150,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming visually impaired workers were blocked from accessing company trainings and benefits through online platforms incompatible with screen readers.

By Grace Elletson

A Louisiana federal judge denied a Coca-Cola bottling business's bid to dismiss or transfer a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired a worker who sought a schedule change to manage his kidney failure, ruling that the case's relocation wouldn't be more convenient.

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado federal judge rejected Wednesday the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to enforce subpoenas seeking information from a job applicant screening company, stating the court would not grant the agency "unlimited" investigatory power when the bias probe had key deficiencies.

By Grace Elletson

A Maryland healthcare system discriminated against a female driver by firing her after a wheelchair-bound nursing home resident fell from her transport van, whereas a male van driver was not disciplined after a similar episode, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new suit.

By Patrick Hoff

A Washington state assisted living community will pay $60,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission probe into allegations that it forced out an employee after she complained about a colleague's sexual harassment, the agency announced Tuesday.

By Patrick Hoff

A benefits administration provider unlawfully fired a customer service representative because its employee monitoring system didn't recognize his need for additional breaks to manage his diabetes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in Illinois federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pressed frivolous allegations that an appliance retailer unlawfully failed to accommodate a worker's long COVID-19, potentially putting the EEOC on the hook for all the business' attorney fees.

By Grace Elletson

Delta has struck a deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the airline illegally yanked a job offer from a pregnant worker who wasn't allowed to complete a physical screening because she was pregnant, the parties told a New York federal judge.

By Patrick Hoff

An Arkansas hospital can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that two doctors refused to let a male medical assistant help with childbirth, with a federal judge ruling Thursday that a jury should weigh whether the hospital used patient privacy concerns as cover for bias.

By Patrick Hoff

A Washington, D.C., restaurant owner pressured a manager to stop working while pregnant and fired her because she asked for a two-week extension to her maternity leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court.