NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Patrick Hoff

An Illinois roofing company failed to address racist remarks and inappropriate sexual comments regularly made by a subsidiary's vice president and other employees, ultimately forcing a worker to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a suit Friday.

By Patrick Hoff

A Baltimore-area hospital accused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of mischaracterizing a deaf nurse's medical restrictions and accommodation request to prop up a disability bias suit, telling a Maryland federal court the agency's deception warrants tossing the case.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Wisconsin federal court Thursday to force Northwestern Mutual to hand over details about its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and workplace trainings, saying the company's evasion is impeding an investigation into a former employee's bias allegations.

By Patrick Hoff

A Michigan hospital can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it unlawfully refused to transfer a nurse with a metabolic disorder to a less demanding position, with a federal judge saying the hospital hadn't shown the court erred when it sent the case to a jury.

By Grace Elletson

JCPenney illegally fired a warehouse employee after faulting her for taking too much time off work to attend chemotherapy sessions for breast cancer, according to a new suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed in Georgia federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A freight delivery company and a staffing firm revoked a deaf driver's job offer because she requested a sign language interpreter during orientation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit.

By Grace Elletson

A Kentucky federal judge signed off Monday on a $335,000 settlement to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a hospital system fired its chief nursing officer after she complained that she lost a promotion due to her gender.

By Anne Cullen

A chicken restaurant chain agreed to shell out $300,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming that higher-ups sat idly by while a shift manager sexually harassed female employees, according to a federal court filing. 

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission got the green light to end its pregnancy bias case against a child advocacy organization when a Pennsylvania federal judge stood down from his objections to a $30,000 settlement agreement on the agency's fourth bid for approval.

By Grace Elletson

A Nevada casino and resort chain has agreed to pay $1.2 million to shutter a sexual harassment suit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming it failed to address frequent groping, sexual comments and on-the-job masturbation, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A helicopter ambulance company has agreed to pay an air mechanic $59,000 to resolve a disability bias suit in an Alabama federal court from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the business yanked back a job transfer offer because the worker was prescribed opioids.

By Grace Elletson

An HVAC products manufacturer has reached a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission promising to file future annual workforce demographic data reports with the agency, after the EEOC filed a suit in Texas federal court accusing the business of shirking reporting requirements.

By Grace Elletson

Walmart has agreed just days before a trial was set to start in Kansas federal court to pay two deaf workers $300,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the retail giant said it couldn't afford to provide the employees with on-the-job interpreters.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed fewer lawsuits, but attorneys say that pregnancy and religious discrimination cases emerged as clear areas of focus for the commission. Here's a look at the cases the agency added to its docket in the 2025 fiscal year.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed for the third time to secure court approval of a $30,000 settlement agreement that would end a pregnancy bias case against a child advocacy organization, with a Pennsylvania federal judge saying he still wasn't satisfied.

By Vin Gurrieri

A private equity-owned manufacturer will pay $2 million to end an Ohio federal court suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging it refused to hire women for jobs on its production floor and fired a top human resources official who flouted that policy.

By Grace Elletson

A roofing company failed to stop sexual harassment toward a former employee who claimed his boss regularly touched him inappropriately on the job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a suit filed in New York federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A Washington state Little Caesars franchisee stood by while two supervisors used racial slurs toward Black employees and fired a worker who spoke out about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court.

By Grace Elletson

An Arkansas federal judge tossed a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit against restaurant company Brinker International, saying the agency failed to show the business should have done more to stop a Chili's Grill & Bar cook from sexually harassing and assaulting teen workers.

By Patrick Hoff

A light bulb manufacturer and a staffing company will pay a combined $285,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming they fired a pregnant woman rather than provide accommodations, according to a filing in California federal court.