July 28, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission informed a Texas federal court that an auto recycler has agreed to pay a former employee $90,000 to resolve claims it illegally fired her during chemotherapy treatment instead of making reasonable accommodations.
February 01, 2021
A Texas federal judge shredded a local auto recycling firm's effort to dismiss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission case on Monday, calling the motion "a clear waste" of time and questioning whether the company's lawyer had even reviewed the agency's claims.
September 29, 2020
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is urging a Texas federal judge to reject as premature an East Texas auto recycler's bid to dismiss claims that it failed to accommodate a payroll employee who was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer by firing her during her chemotherapy treatment.
September 22, 2020
An East Texas auto recycler hit back against a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit that alleged it had failed to accommodate an employee for leaving work to undergo chemotherapy, arguing that it had to hire her replacement to keep a key office role staffed.
August 18, 2020
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is alleging that an East Texas auto recycling center discriminated against a payroll employee who was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, firing her during her chemotherapy treatment instead of making a reasonable accommodation.