NEWS & ANALYSIS


NY Times Editor Wants To Expand EEOC Race Bias Suit

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.

Gas Co. Strikes $4.25M Deal To End EEOC Vaccine Bias Suit

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.

Soda Bottler Strikes Deal To End EEOC Disability Bias Suit

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.

Property Co. Seeks To Nix EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

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.

American Worker Hassled For Speaking English, EEOC Says

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.

Walmart Settles EEOC Suit Claiming It Snubbed Deaf Worker

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.

EEOC Sues For Applicant Testing Results In Hiring Bias Probe

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.

Applebee's Franchisee Settles EEOC Sex Harassment Suit

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.

EEOC Suit Over Blind Worker's Firing Heads To Trial

By Patrick Hoff

A Tennessee federal judge cleared for trial a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming a hospital facilities management company unlawfully fired a blind worker, saying a jury should decide if the company properly evaluated the employee's ability to do his job.

EEOC Drops Subpoena Bid After Delivery Co. Turns Over Info

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has dropped its bid for a judicial order requiring a delivery services company to respond to an administrative subpoena in a pregnancy bias probe, telling a Louisiana federal court that the information being sought was recently produced.

Nursing Home Co. Can't Stave Off EEOC Harassment Trial

By Grace Elletson

A nursing facility operator can't dodge a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired an employee for complaining that her boss sexually harassed her, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday, ruling a jury needs to assess whether the business acted out of retaliation.

EEOC Says All-Women Event Hurt Bottler's Male Workers

By Grace Elletson

Men were harmed when they were excluded from an all-women leadership development forum hosted by a Coca-Cola bottler, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a New Hampshire federal judge, urging the court to reject the company's bid to escape the agency's bias suit challenging the event.

EEOC, Materials Co. Strike $130K Deal To End ADA Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A specialty materials company will pay $130,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging an employee was fired for taking time off to manage symptoms of her major depressive disorder, according to a Monday filing in Tennessee federal court.

Kroger, EEOC Strike Deal To End Disability Bias Suit

By Grace Elletson

The Kroger Co. told a Georgia federal court Monday that it has settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the grocery chain ignored an employee's requests to sit on a chair at work to accommodate nerve damage caused by cancer treatments.

Concrete Co. Says EEOC Cut Corners In Opioid Bias Case

By Patrick Hoff

A concrete company is seeking to escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that it rejected job applicants who took medication to treat opioid addiction, telling a West Virginia federal court the commission didn't fulfill its presuit obligations before adding it to the case.

EEOC, Vegas Bistro Strike Deal In Sexual Harassment Suit

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the operators of an upscale Las Vegas restaurant have agreed to resolve a suit alleging that managers allowed rampant sexual harassment of both male and female employees to persist for years, according to a Nevada federal court filing Friday.

EEOC, Trucking Co. Strike $5.5M Deal In Sex Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

A trucking company will pay $5.5 million to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it refused to hire women as truck drivers for nearly a decade, according to a filing in Arizona federal court.

EEOC Cuts Deal With Electric Co. In Disability Bias Suit

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and an electric services provider struck a $34,500 deal to resolve allegations that it discriminated against a job applicant who took prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to Florida federal court filings.

EEOC Scores Deal In Suit Over Christian Worker's Schedule

By Grace Elletson

An aviation logistics company has agreed to shell out $55,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it required a Christian employee to work on the sabbath in violation of her religious convictions, according to a Wednesday filing in Florida federal court.

EEOC Turns To Court In Native American Bias Probe

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a New Mexico federal court to force a school district to turn over several years of employee and applicant data, the latest escalation in a Native American bias investigation that the district has criticized as vague and overly broad.