NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a breakfast restaurant in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, struck a $25,500 deal to end a sex discrimination suit alleging it fired a server because she was pregnant, according to a federal court filing.

By Patrick Hoff

A security technology manufacturer has agreed to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it unlawfully demoted an employee with partial hearing loss because she asked for protective equipment, the commission told a Maryland federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A waste management company has agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business refused to hire women as drivers, according to a Missouri federal court filing.

By Patrick Hoff

A California winery will pay $1.49 million to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it failed to address the frequent harassment of female employees and retaliated against them when they complained, according to a federal court filing.

By Kelcey Caulder

Dolgencorp LLC, the operator of Dollar General stores, violated federal law by demoting a Jewish assistant store manager due to his efforts to secure time off to observe his Sabbath, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday.

By Anne Cullen

A disability-focused healthcare provider based in Indianapolis violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by rejecting a candidate for a housekeeping role because he is deaf, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Indiana federal court Tuesday.

By Anne Cullen

A technology company has agreed to pay out $15 million to wrap up a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into claims that its COVID-19 vaccine policy discriminated against religious workers and those with disabilities, the agency announced Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission slapped a Midwestern grocery chain with a pregnancy discrimination suit in Wisconsin federal court Monday, claiming the business illegally refused to let a lactating mother have access to water at her workstation.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged a Florida federal judge to force a home appliance repair company to turn over records as part of an agency investigation into whether its hiring practices were discriminatory.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday that Planned Parenthood of Illinois has agreed to pay $500,000 to end an agency investigation into claims that it discriminated against white employees through diversity, equity and inclusion trainings.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeking far more information than necessary to investigate whether Napa Auto Parts discriminated against Black applicants, the company argued, urging a Texas federal court to pare down the agency's "scattershot" demands.

By Grace Elletson

A Pizza Hut franchisee told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that it will pay $35,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the business fired a manager for complaining that her boss sabotaged her store because she ended a romantic relationship with him.

By Patrick Hoff

A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit seeking to force Nike to fork over information to help the EEOC's probe into whether the company discriminated against white workers should be dismissed or transferred to Oregon, Nike told a Missouri federal judge.

By Grace Elletson

A Michigan federal judge signed off on a $60,000 deal Friday between a staffing company and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a suit claiming the business revoked a deaf candidate's job offer, pushing the EEOC's recovery in the case to $107,000.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Louisiana federal court Thursday to force a delivery services company to comply with demands for information tied to a pregnancy discrimination probe the agency is conducting.

By Grace Elletson

A dental laboratory and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a Florida federal judge Wednesday to approve a $30,000 settlement in a suit claiming the business fired an office assistant because she was pregnant.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has struck a deal with the bankrupt successor of a staffing firm that allegedly failed to follow through on all the payments in a $276,000 agreement resolving a claim that the company forbade employees from speaking Spanish.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge seemed inclined Tuesday to enforce the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's subpoena for the University of Pennsylvania's Jewish employees' contact information, a request that has alarmed the school and several advocacy groups, expressing doubt that the information would be used for nefarious purposes.

By Vin Gurrieri

A comedy club in Louisville, Kentucky, will pay nearly $373,000 to close the book on a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into whether a manager sexually harassed female employees, the agency said Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

A Mississippi steakhouse unlawfully fired a worker soon after learning she had a health condition that caused seizures, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court.