NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday accused a Michigan home hospice provider of discriminating against a Black nursing assistant by assigning her fewer hours and less plum assignments than her white colleagues.

By Grace Elletson

A New York federal judge declined to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a school district paid a female superintendent less than her male predecessors, after highlighting evidence that the female leader's benefits package and salary trailed her male counterparts.

By Anne Cullen

A New Mexico nursing care facility has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging a supervisor bullied older, Spanish-speaking workers and then sacked them for complaining, according to deal documents filed Tuesday.

By Patrick Hoff

A North Carolina federal judge refused to greenlight a $270,000 settlement that would end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing PepsiCo of unlawfully firing a blind employee, saying parts of the agreement are beyond the scope of the case.

By Grace Elletson

An Oklahoma federal judge declined to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the owner of a sunroom company sexually harassed female employees, calling the company's attacks on the veracity of the EEOC's allegations premature.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has struck a $150,000 deal with a Raleigh, North Carolina, healthcare provider it accused of illegally firing a remote Christian employee who refused COVID-19 vaccination on religious grounds.

By Grace Elletson

An Oklahoma federal judge signed off on a $90,000 deal on Thursday to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a urology practice placed a pregnant employee on unpaid leave rather than allow her to sit on the job.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday it has sued bottling company Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast alleging it bucked federal civil rights law by inviting only female employees to a company-sponsored retreat at a casino two years ago. 

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a D.C. federal court Tuesday that a security company has agreed to pay $45,000 to end a suit from the agency claiming it stopped giving an officer work after she requested time and a private space to pump breast milk.

By Anne Cullen

Pennsylvania-based healthcare system Geisinger Health and two related entities have agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the organization's leave policy bucked the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to settlement documents filed Friday.

By Abigail Harrison

A trucking company has agreed to pay a former applicant $50,000 as part of a consent decree to end a lawsuit in North Carolina federal court from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the company turned the job seeker away because he is deaf.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has accused a cemetery and funeral home operator of discriminating against Black employees by denying them access to "preferred" bathroom and break room spaces reserved for white employees and firing a supervisor who didn't block a bias charge.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating whether Napa Auto Parts discriminated against Black job applicants, according to a Texas federal court filing Thursday that accused the company of failing to comply with the agency's demands for information.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Nike in Missouri federal court Wednesday, claiming the sports apparel giant hasn't complied with demands for information in a probe assessing whether Nike discriminated against white workers through diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

By Grace Elletson

A hotel management company refused to provide a pregnant employee with an adequate chair and pushed a front desk clerk to work Saturday overnight shifts even though that conflicted with his duties as an assistant pastor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Illinois federal court.

By Anne Cullen

A California produce processing operation has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging higher-ups looked the other way while female employees faced pervasive sexual harassment. 

By Grace Elletson

A building supply company agreed to a $26,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end a suit alleging the business fired a 67-year-old worker out of age and disability discrimination after claiming he arrived to work with a limp, the agency said.

By Grace Elletson

A pair of seafood restaurants will pay $34,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sex harassment suit claiming the businesses allowed a male employee to continue working with a female colleague even after he had been arrested for exposing himself to her.

By Grace Elletson

Two Taco Bell franchisees agreed to pay $100,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming they did not act swiftly enough to remove a supervisor who sexually harassed underage workers, according to a filing Tuesday in Michigan federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A Jack in the Box franchisee will pay $50,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sexual harassment suit claiming the business stood by while a male general manager masturbated in front of female workers and groped them on the job.