NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Grace Elletson

An assisted living facility wrongfully terminated an employee because she asked to avoid lifting anything on the job that was over 20 pounds while she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed in Illinois federal court.

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge officially closed the book on a sexual harassment dispute between a transgender former hog farm worker and the business on Monday, approving a court clerk's judgment acknowledging the parties' settlement following employment regulators' exit from the case.

By Patrick Hoff

An automotive parts supplier unlawfully refused to let a worker continue an apprenticeship because she was a woman in her 60s with fibromyalgia, causing her to lose out on higher pay and employment opportunities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Monday in Michigan federal court.

By Grace Elletson

P.F. Chang's will pay a job applicant $80,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation found support for the would-be employee's claim that the company didn't hire him because he requested not to work on Sundays, the EEOC said Monday.

By Patrick Hoff

The District of Columbia's water utility ran afoul of age discrimination law when it abruptly fired a 54-year-old human resources employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit.

By Grace Elletson

A Pennsylvania federal judge refused for a second time to greenlight a $30,000 settlement between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a child advocacy organization the agency accused of pregnancy discrimination, expressing concerns about the deal's propriety.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission doesn't need a quorum to sue a tire manufacturer alleging it fired workers out of disability bias because they took prescribed narcotics, the agency told a Tennessee federal court, urging rejection of the business' motion to dismiss.

By Patrick Hoff

A manager of an AMC Theatres location in Maryland unlawfully rescinded accommodations given to an employee with cerebral palsy, berated him and drastically cut his hours until he was forced out, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Thursday in federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

An electronics manufacturer has agreed to pay $78,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it refused to accommodate an engineering analyst who asked to work from home after the pandemic when her osteoarthritis worsened, according to an Alabama federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A nursing facility and its operator violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act when they effectively fired an employee who requested light duty to accommodate her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Maryland federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A North Carolina soft drink maker discriminated against a probationary worker with multiple sclerosis when it refused to permanently hire her after she passed a physical agility test and provided a doctor's note clearing her to work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.

By Grace Elletson

A pain clinic and an Arkansas hospital have agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming they fired a physician assistant for participating in a sexual harassment investigation into one of the clinic's owners.

By Grace Elletson

An insulation contractor struck a $40,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to settle a suit claiming its owner sexually harassed an office manager for years by inappropriately touching her and spreading rumors about her sex life.

By Grace Elletson

The Sixth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a former brewery worker's suit claiming he was suspended out of retaliation for complaining that a supervisor made inappropriate comments about a back injury he faced, ruling he couldn't overcome a workplace investigation that found he was a "toxic employee."

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado federal judge tossed a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming an appliance retailer illegally fired a worker who requested more medical leave to treat her long COVID, ruling the agency failed to show how she made a formal accommodation request.

By Grace Elletson

A subsidiary of car rental giant Enterprise asked a Florida federal judge Wednesday to approve a $1.8 million deal that aims to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the company refused to hire older applicants for a management training program.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday it reached a pair of deals worth $145,000 with a Virginia-based Dairy Queen franchise after finding evidence that female workers, some of them teenagers, faced sexual harassment at two of its locations.

By Kelcey Caulder

The operators of warehouse club retail store Sam's Club will pay $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a worker was refused accommodations and ultimately fired after attempting to return to work following an automobile accident.

By Grace Elletson

A school district labor union has agreed to pay $110,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it discriminated against a Black custodian by challenging his promotion, according to a filing Thursday in Illinois federal court.

By Gina Kim

The Carlstar Group has urged a Tennessee federal judge to toss the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's complaint alleging it has a practice of discriminating against workers who legally took narcotics for long-term injuries, arguing the agency lacks a three-member quorum and the authority to determine whether to sue the tire maker.