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.

By Benjamin Morse

A candidate screening company urged a Colorado federal judge to reject the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to enforce subpoenas seeking information about preoffer assessments for sheriff's office applicants, calling the demand an overbroad "fishing expedition."

By Vin Gurrieri

Northwestern Medical Group will pay $325,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into whether it unlawfully denied workers' requests for faith-based exemptions from an influenza vaccination policy, the agency announced Tuesday.

By Patrick Hoff

Texas-based gas station and convenience store chain Buc-ee's denied a cashier's request to sit on the job because of an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and ultimately fired him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

A Texas federal judge allowed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Thursday to inspect American Airlines software in a suit claiming the company fired a blind employee who asked to use a screen reader but limited the agency's access to programs the worker would have used.

By Anne Cullen

An appliance retailer called on the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday to preserve its win in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a fired sales associate, arguing there's no evidence the company knew the employee had a disabling medical condition.

By Patrick Hoff

An operator of mental health crisis facilities can't trim classwide claims from a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging a supervisor sexually harassed his female colleagues, as a North Carolina federal judge ruled Tuesday that the allegations were detailed enough to stay in court.

By Patrick Hoff

The white New York Times editor at the center of a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sex and race discrimination case asked a federal court to let him enter the lawsuit, saying he wants to add state and local claims that can't be leveled by the bias watchdog.

By Grace Elletson

An Oklahoma federal judge greenlit a $4.25 million settlement Monday between a gas packaging manufacturer and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ending the agency's suit claiming the business unlawfully fired workers for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on religious or medical grounds.

By Patrick Hoff

A North Carolina soft drink bottling company has agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it refused to permanently hire a probationary employee with multiple sclerosis, according to a federal court filing.

By Patrick Hoff

A multifamily property management company urged a Kentucky federal court Wednesday to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it stood by as a male maintenance worker harassed and threatened a female manager, arguing it promptly handled the situation as soon as she complained.

By Grace Elletson

A construction company illegally fired a Hispanic American for complaining that his Mexican colleagues called him slurs because he didn't speak Spanish, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Tuesday in New Mexico federal court.

By Grace Elletson

Walmart has agreed to pay $230,000 to end a suit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming the retail giant failed to provide a deaf job applicant with a sign language interpreter for an interview, settling the case weeks before it was set to go to trial.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Friday it has filed a federal court action against a provider of candidate screening services to pry loose records for a discrimination investigation into the hiring practices of a Colorado county sheriff's office.

By Patrick Hoff

A restaurant operator has agreed to pay $270,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it failed to prevent employees and customers from making crude comments and groping female workers at an Applebee's in Alabama, according to a federal court filing.