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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. JBS USA, LLC

  1. May 24, 2021

    Meatpacker Strikes $5.5M Deal In EEOC's Muslim Bias Suit

    JBS USA LLC and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have reached a $5.5 million agreement to end the agency's decade-old suit accusing the meat processing giant of discriminating against Somali Muslim employees.

  2. January 29, 2021

    EEOC Can't Use 10th Circ. In Meatpackers Case, Judge Says

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has failed to convince a Colorado federal judge that a recent en banc Tenth Circuit decision involving the Americans with Disabilities Act produced a precedential shift in workplace accommodations law that allows the agency to pursue decade-old systemic bias claims against meatpacker JBS USA LLC.

  3. September 25, 2018

    EEOC Claims Tossed In Muslim Meatpackers Case

    A Colorado federal judge on Monday tossed pattern-and-practice claims from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against meatpacker JBS USA LLC in a discrimination suit alleging that Muslim workers were denied breaks and fired after they walked off the job during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

  4. August 04, 2017

    EEOC Wins Partial Sanctions In Muslim Meatpackers Case

    A Colorado federal judge on Friday blocked meatpacker JBS USA LLC from arguing that giving prayer breaks to Muslim workers would significantly slow production, saying documents it destroyed or lost are vital to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rebutting this defense at an impending discrimination trial.

  5. July 06, 2017

    Muslim Meatpackers Case Draws EEOC Call For Sanctions

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday filed a bid for sanctions in its suit against meatpacking company JBS USA LLC over claims it discriminated against Somali Muslim workers, accusing the company in Colorado federal court of losing or destroying documents in the yearslong case.

  6. March 17, 2016

    70 Witnesses Stripped From Co's Defense In EEOC Bias Suit

    Meatpacker JBS USA LLC will have to cut over 70 potential witnesses from its defense in a discrimination suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, although a Colorado federal judge acknowledged Wednesday neither side was likely thrilled with the ruling.

  7. July 20, 2015

    JBS To Face Second Round In EEOC, Muslim Workers' Suit

    A Colorado federal judge ruled meatpacking company JBS USA LLC must face claims it discriminated against Somali Muslim workers at a Colorado plant, handing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a second chance after a Nebraska judge dismissed similar claims in a parallel suit.

  8. August 05, 2011

    JBS Fails To Cut Workers From EEOC Bias Suit

    A Colorado federal judge on Thursday denied JBS USA LLC's bid to dismiss claims by about 100 workers who intervened in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the meatpacker refused to accommodate its mostly Somali Muslim workforce's religious requests.

  9. June 10, 2011

    Meatpacker Loses Bid To Toss EEOC's Muslim Bias Suit

    JBS USA LLC on Thursday failed to escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit in Colorado alleging the meatpacker condoned a work environment where managers threw meat and bones at Somali Muslim workers and refused to accommodate their religious requests.

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