NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Grace Elletson

Michigan's Henry Ford health system has ignored a subpoena from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeking information into a worker's bias charge, according to a federal court filing from the agency seeking an order enforcing the request.

By Patrick Hoff

A Michigan battery manufacturer and energy storage company agreed to pay $95,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of firing an office worker after he broke his wrist because he wasn't completely healed, according to a Thursday filing in federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A co-owner of a Mississippi blues club made sexual comments to and groped an assistant manager, and the bar fired her after she escalated complaints about his behavior, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A Black job applicant wants to take over a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissionsuit accusing convenience store chain Sheetz of using a biased policy to screen out workers with criminal histories, as the EEOC seeks to exit the case because of a presidential order disavowing the disparate impact theory.

By Grace Elletson

An Illinois federal judge on Thursday allowed a transgender former hog-farm worker to carry on a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming she was sexually harassed on the job, after the agency dropped the case because it conflicted with a presidential executive order.

By Patrick Hoff

The owners of a defunct Colorado bar will pay $100,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging one of them made inappropriate sexual comments to employees, groped women and disciplined those who complained, according to a filing in federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A building materials company fired a cement truck driver after a week of employment because she wore a skirt on the job in compliance with her religious beliefs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in Florida federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A newspaper publishing company has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it canceled a job interview with an applicant after learning she was deaf and needed an interpreter.

By Grace Elletson

A pediatric healthcare system has agreed to pay a job applicant $50,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit filed in Georgia federal court, claiming it yanked a job offer over her egg allergy that prevented her from receiving a mandatory flu vaccine.

By Grace Elletson

Two oil and gas exploration services companies have agreed to pay nearly $700,000 to close a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming they allowed sexual comments and racial slurs in the workplace and fired workers who spoke up about the harassment.

By Patrick Hoff

A specialty tire manufacturer violated federal disability law when it terminated employees who lawfully took narcotics, opioids and other prescription medications to manage pain, even after multiple doctors cleared them to work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Tennessee federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A Massachusetts scrap tire facility agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the company's owner used derogatory language toward Guatemalan workers and threatened them with deportation, according to a Thursday filing in federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A U.S. Navy veteran was forced to quit his job at a Maryland car dealership because it refused to let him bring a service dog to work to help manage panic attacks induced by service-related PTSD, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new suit.

By Benjamin Morse

A marine electronics supply company will pay nearly $53,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it allowed a supervisor to sexually harass an employee and fired her after she refused his advances, according to a Louisiana federal court filing.

By Benjamin Morse

A hotel and members club in New York City will pay $100,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation to a worker with a disability and then fired her, according to a federal court filing.

By Patrick Hoff

An Oregon-based rehabilitation and therapy provider will pay damages to a former employee who told the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission she was fired because of her religious opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine, the federal agency announced Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

A young employee of a Subway franchise was sexually harassed and eventually assaulted by an older supervisor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed in a new lawsuit filed in Utah federal court, faulting the franchisee for failing to enact proper safeguards to halt abuse.

By Benjamin Morse

A Culver's franchise will pay $261,000 to end a pair of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuits alleging it ignored sexist, racist and ableist harassment, according to Minnesota federal court papers filed Friday.

By Benjamin Morse

UPS will pay $10,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into allegations that the company failed to deal with sexual harassment and denied a promotion to a worker because of their sex.

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado hog farm has agreed to pay $330,000 to close a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it failed to take action when female workers complained that male managers propositioned them for sex and walked in on them changing.