NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Emily Brill

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is challenging a General Motors policy that limits disability payments to Social Security recipients, accusing GM and the United Auto Workers in a lawsuit filed Friday in Indiana federal court of violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act by negotiating the policy.

By Patrick Hoff

Automobile maker FCA US LLC allowed sexual harassment to run rampant at a Detroit assembly plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court Friday, claiming the company ignored and pushed out women who complained about male colleagues' lewd comments.

By Patrick Hoff

Sam's Club fired a food processor because she requested light-duty assignments following a car accident, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Friday in Georgia federal court, saying the retailer based its decision on company policies barring accommodations for injuries sustained outside the workplace.

By Patrick Hoff

A Wyoming trucking company will pay $124,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming its owner subjected female drivers to inappropriate and offensive sexual comments almost daily, according to federal court filings.

By Patrick Hoff

A New York restaurant and brewery agreed to pay $225,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it refused to schedule two bartenders because of their manageable health conditions, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

Walmart urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it never called back a deaf job applicant after he said he needed an American Sign Language interpreter, arguing that he's responsible for the breakdown in communication.

By Patrick Hoff

A Minnesota senior living facility falsely accused a worker of misconduct and ultimately forced her out for failing to disclose her pregnancy before accepting a promotion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a federal suit against the company.

By Patrick Hoff

A chemical company asked a Missouri federal court for nearly $372,000 in attorney fees following its jury win over a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit, arguing Wednesday the agency should've known its case alleging the company failed to prevent an employee's racist slurs was flimsy.

By Amanda Ottaway

The sprawling reach of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County may get rolled back in 2025, experts say, as the Democratic-led agencies that have helped usher in a broad interpretation of the ruling cede power to President-elect Donald Trump's coming administration. Here, Law360 looks at three open questions that experts have about the future of the ruling's impact.

By Grace Elletson

United Airlines struck a $99,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to resolve a suit claiming a Mongolian former worker faced racist harassment on the job that rose to a physical altercation with a supervisor, the agency announced.

By Grace Elletson

A New York federal judge declined Monday to transfer a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit to Louisiana claiming a property management company fired an employee because she became pregnant, ruling the business didn't show the move would be more convenient.

By Irene Spezzamonte

An Alabama medical center will shell out $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the organization showed an employee the exit door after requesting to switch departments following a back injury she sustained at work.

By Patrick Hoff

A Virginia-based food delivery service failed to abide by an agreement resolving U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allegations that it refused to accommodate and ultimately terminated an employee because of her disability, leaving thousands of dollars in damages unpaid, the agency said in a federal lawsuit.

By Grace Elletson

A property management company punished an employee for taking medical leave to recover from a stroke by placing her on a performance improvement plan the day she returned to work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit against the company in Florida federal court.

By Benjamin Morse

An Arizona tire shop has agreed to pay $64,500 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation found that it violated disability bias law by maintaining a return-to-work policy that didn't give workers a chance to ask for accommodations. 

By Patrick Hoff

An opioid and substance use disorder treatment center will pay $55,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation found it fired a California-based counselor for requesting accommodations when he returned from medical leave, the commission said Wednesday.

By Patrick Hoff

A Virginia surgical clinic has agreed to pay $50,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it fired a 52-year-old radiology technician who asked to extend her medical leave so she could recover from carpal tunnel surgery, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A furniture chain has agreed to pay $1.5 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit in Florida federal court claiming it wouldn't hire women for delivery and warehouse roles out of gender bias.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission slapped a Pizza Hut franchisee with a suit in Texas federal court, claiming it fired a manager because she complained that her boss began sabotaging her success after she called off her relationship with him.

By Vin Gurrieri

A Missouri federal jury has sided with a chemical company in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it failed to prevent a Black employee from being harassed and called the N-word by a coworker.