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Food Co. To Pay $245K To End EEOC Pregnancy Bias Suit

By Vin Gurrieri · October 23, 2026, 6:51 PM EDT

A Smithfield Foods subsidiary will pay $245,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it unlawfully placed a worker on unpaid leave and then fired her after she...

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Case Information

Case Title

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.

Case Number

7:25-cv-01410

Court

North Carolina Eastern

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Jobs

Date Filed

August 19, 2025