NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can ask a jury to decide whether a former utility services employee was illegally denied a telework accommodation following a stroke, a Georgia federal judge ruled while also paring certain other claims from the agency's disability discrimination suit.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a hotel group in Oklahoma federal court Monday claiming the business harassed an employee after learning she was pregnant and then fired her after calling her pregnancy a liability.

By Anne Cullen

A Florida auto dealership chain agreed to pay $112,500 to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims that it unlawfully required employees returning from medical leave to have no physical restrictions, according to documents filed in court Monday.

By Grace Elletson

A Houston real estate development company fired a blind engineer hours after learning of his disability and requests for specific technology that would allow him to do his job, according to a new suit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Patrick Hoff

A market research firm's deficient policies and training caused call center workers with disabilities to be denied accommodations and led to harassment from supervisors, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday in Nevada federal court.

By Melanie Dorsey

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued a Michigan logistics company Friday, alleging that a company executive sexually harassed female employees for years and the company failed to stop his conduct, despite an earlier complaint to human resources.

By Grace Elletson

The Mayo Clinic will pay $50,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it threatened to fire a Pentecostal Christian security guard if he didn't get vaccinated against COVID-19 despite his religious objections.

By Grace Elletson

A shipbuilding company yanked back an employment offer extended to a veteran job applicant after learning that he is disabled, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims in a suit filed in Florida federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A Texas-based freight transportation company violated federal law by requiring older truck driver applicants to submit detailed medical information and refusing to hire many of them because they were over 60 years old, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission continued its annual late September litigation blitz with a new lawsuit Friday alleging a wood products manufacturing company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by firing an employee due to his seizure-related work restrictions.

By Grace Elletson

A Las Vegas resort and casino illegally fired a Jewish employee after she refused to remove a religious headscarf while on the job, according to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit.

By Grace Elletson

A North Carolina hotel operator fired an employee rather than accommodate him after he faced disabling injuries from a bus crash, stating he needed to be fully healed to return to work, according to a Thursday lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Grace Elletson

A Jewish orthopedic surgeon faced antisemitic harassment on the job that surged after Hamas' October 2023 attack on Israel and culminated in his firing, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new lawsuit.

By Patrick Hoff

A bargain retailer refused to hire a deaf job applicant for four jobs at a Texas warehouse because of unlawful qualification standards requiring workers to have the ability to hear, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new lawsuit.

By Vin Gurrieri

Walmart largely prevailed over the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on the agency's claims that the retailer used a skills test to push out workers with disabilities, as an Arkansas federal jury sided with Walmart on almost all the EEOC's allegations. 

By Grace Elletson

A Wisconsin ski resort agreed to pay $20,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business fired a Christian manager for posting Bible passages online that it deemed homophobic.

By Grace Elletson

A mail delivery contractor agreed to pay $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business demanded a Christian employee work on Sundays, even though he complained those shifts made him miss church.

By Patrick Hoff

Ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell unlawfully fired a Jewish vehicle technician who refused to shave his beard because of his religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Alabama federal court.

By Vin Gurrieri

AMC Theatres agreed to pay $56,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that a Maryland theater employee with cerebral palsy had accommodations illegally rescinded before being forced out of a job he held for over two decades, according to a court filing Friday.

By Patrick Hoff

A home improvement company has settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it unlawfully fired an office manager after she refused to sign a "dominant/submissive contract" given to her by an executive, according to a filing in North Carolina federal court.