NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Benjamin Morse

A marine electronics supply company in Louisiana allowed a supervisor to sexually harass a female employee and fire her after she refused his advances, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new lawsuit. 

By Patrick Hoff

Walmart will pay $75,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the retail giant fired a distribution center worker because she couldn't get a doctor's approval to work without restrictions, according to a filing Friday in North Carolina federal court.

By Benjamin Morse

A California-based contractor that works on sprinkler systems reached a deal to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation that found reasonable cause to believe the employer caused a transgender worker to quit by allowing him to be verbally and physically harassed.

By Benjamin Morse

A Pennsylvania-based construction company will pay $50,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging its president and owner retaliated against a human resources manager who looked into sexual harassment allegations against the general manager, forcing her to quit.

By Benjamin Morse

The largest horticultural grower in the United States will pay $172,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation discovered reasonable cause to believe it fostered a sexually hostile work environment and retaliated against workers who complained.

By Emmy Freedman

An IHOP restaurant agreed to pay $40,000 to resolve a suit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the business of firing a Christian cook because he asked to take Sundays off to attend church, a filing in North Carolina federal court said.

By Patrick Hoff

Superstore chain Fred Meyer Stores Inc. failed to stop a male sales clerk from repeatedly harassing, leering at and stalking women he worked with despite numerous complaints, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court in Washington state Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

Dollar General has agreed to hand over $295,000 to close a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission age bias suit alleging a regional manager told older district managers he wanted to replace them with younger employees, according to an Oklahoma federal court filing Tuesday.

By Patrick Hoff

Arkansas-based Hank's Furniture Inc. will pay $110,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it unlawfully fired a manager who refused the COVID-19 vaccine because of her Christian beliefs, the agency and the retailer told a Florida federal court Monday.

By Emmy Freedman

Several business groups and nonprofits urged a Tennessee federal court to reject a bid from a coalition of Republican state attorneys general to block new guidance from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying the agency's guidelines are necessary for safeguarding LGBTQ+ individuals from workplace harassment.

By Grace Elletson

Dollar General has settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the discount store chain allowed a regional manager to harass older district managers, two weeks before the case was scheduled for trial, according to an Oklahoma federal court filing Monday.

By Thy Vo

A Colorado federal judge struck several of an appliance retailer's affirmative defenses Wednesday in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it wrongfully terminated a worker who asked for more time off to deal with long COVID symptoms.

By Emmy Freedman

A staffing firm will pay out $500,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing it of failing to intervene when the female workers it placed at a raisin company reported sexual harassment, according to a filing in California federal court.

By Emmy Freedman

A company that operates Wendy's restaurants reached a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end a suit claiming it shirked its legal responsibility to timely submit its workforce demographic data, a filing in Ohio federal court said.

By Emmy Freedman

A Columbus, Ohio, call center will pay $23,000 to resolve an investigation that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched into allegations that the company refused to accommodate an employee with a disability and then placed her on unpaid leave.

By Emmy Freedman

A nonprofit that provides career opportunities for individuals with disabilities agreed Friday to pay $1 million to resolve a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of failing to provide sign language interpreters and firing employees who needed to take medical leave.

By Emmy Freedman

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged an Illinois federal court to keep afloat its suit accusing a hog farm of allowing its president and a worker to harass a transgender female employee, saying it put forward enough details to back up its claims.

By Patrick Hoff

Two Hawaii staffing nonprofits have agreed to pay $325,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging they refused to provide deaf employees with a sign language interpreter during staff meetings, according to a filing in federal court.

By Benjamin Morse

A California school district agreed to pay $45,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation discovered reasonable cause to believe the district refused to promote a vice principal because he is Hispanic, the agency said Thursday. 

By Grace Elletson

A manufacturing company has struck a $110,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to close a Pennsylvania federal court suit alleging it failed to act when two female workers complained they were regularly subjected to sexual comments and unwanted touching.