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By Patrick Hoff
A New Jersey nursing home and rehabilitation facility abruptly refused to let a nurse with a permanent back injury work until she could do so without a restriction on lifting more than 20 pounds, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in New Jersey federal court.
A Florida-based medical call center and answering service unlawfully forced pregnant women to resign after giving birth rather than give them time off, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a new lawsuit.
By Grace Elletson
A tree trimming business refused to hire female applicants for field roles even if they had previous experience in the industry, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal court.
A marketing company reached a $50,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to resolve the agency's claims that it canceled an interview with a job applicant after learning she was pregnant, according to federal court filings.
Bollinger Shipyards unlawfully rescinded workers' job offers because of prescription drugs they took and restricted the jobs available to people taking medication for opioid use disorder, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Mississippi federal court.
A Long Island car dealership will pay $175,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it stood by while a male manager repeatedly groped female workers' breasts and catcalled them on the job, according to a filing in New York federal court.
By Julie Manganis
Two affiliated property management companies in Boston have agreed to pay $112,000 and comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging they revoked a job offer after learning the applicant had cancer.
A Virginia Walmart has refused for years to provide a deaf employee with a sign language interpreter despite having the resources and technology to do so, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Wednesday in a federal suit.
By Benjamin Morse
A sporting goods retailer unlawfully forced workers age 40 and older to give up vested employee stock ownership plan shares if they failed to work at least 1,000 hours in a year, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Nevada federal court Wednesday.
By Anne Cullen
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that grocery and retail chain Fred Meyer Stores violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act when it terminated two employees for asking for accommodations for their pregnancies.
A power generator manufacturer has settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge alleging it unlawfully refused a religious employee's request to use pronouns associated with a transgender colleague's assigned sex at birth, the commission said Wednesday.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed in a Wednesday lawsuit that UPS violated federal civil rights law by offering a job to a deaf applicant and then later rescinding the role after failing to give him a sign language interpreter for his employee orientation session.
Meat processor Smithfield Foods must face a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it fired a senior sales employee because she was approaching 60, after a Georgia federal judge concluded that a jury should sort out the company's shifting explanations for letting her go.
By Elaine Briseño
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued an information technology recruiting firm over alleged discriminatory practices after the company allegedly broke off contact with an American applicant after he questioned the legality of the recruiting email designated "ONLY H1B."
A disability services organization placed a pregnant employee on leave rather than accommodate her lifting restrictions, and then fired her when that leave ran out, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Missouri federal court.
By Vin Gurrieri
Canada-based jet manufacturer Bombardier and its subsidiary Learjet subjected prospective employees to a battery of pre-hire medical and physical examinations that unlawfully screened out people with disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Arizona federal court.
By Rachel Konieczny
Two commercial cleaning providers accused by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of illegally favoring Latin American applicants urged a Colorado federal judge to toss the agency's lawsuit, contending the commission failed to show the companies refused to hire non-Hispanic workers.
A New York coffee shop chain has agreed to pay $22,500 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired a Muslim barista who wanted earlier shifts to accommodate daily fasts during the holy month of Ramadan.
A Colorado-based heavy machinery dealer fired an employee after knee surgery rather than letting her return to work with a lifting restriction, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new lawsuit.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday that a lab management company agreed to pay $2.8 million to resolve an agency investigation into claims that it violated federal law by refusing to grant religious and disability-based exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccination mandate.