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By Patrick Hoff

Hooters will pay $250,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it failed to bring back most of its Black employees when it reopened a North Carolina restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a filing in federal court Monday.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recently concluded fiscal year included seven new suits accusing employers of discriminating against LGBTQ+ workers, which experts say is a sign that the agency is making good on its stated commitment to fight bias based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Here are three things to know about this EEOC litigation priority.

By Benjamin Morse

A Nevada construction company will pay $56,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation discovered reasonable cause to believe it fired a worker after she asked for accommodation because of her disability, the agency said. 

By Patrick Hoff

A North Carolina movie theater will pay $137,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it refused to rehire a bartender because she'd complained to the agency that she was fired because she was pregnant, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A waste company agreed to hand over $1.4 million to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit filed in Florida federal court alleging it failed to step in when Black and Haitian employees were called racial slurs on the job.

By Grace Elletson

Four waste removal companies have agreed to pay $3.1 million to shutter a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit in Georgia federal court alleging they passed over female applicants for truck driver positions.

By Patrick Hoff

HCA Healthcare can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it refused to promote a researcher because he was an Asian man in his 50s, a Tennessee federal judge ruled, saying the agency plausibly alleged that the medical company was his employer.

By Benjamin Morse

A Popeyes franchisee in Florida reached a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after the agency found reasonable cause to believe the restaurant fired a worker because it learned she was pregnant. 

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Friday approved a nearly $100,000 consent decree between a Florida resort and a line cook fired when she requested time off after a stillbirth, in one of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's first batch of cases accusing employers of violating the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced it reached a deal with a farm labor contractor to resolve a worker's discrimination charge claiming the business pulled her off the job when she asked to attend pregnancy-related medical appointments.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commision said Thursday that the company behind Restaurant Depot agreed to overhaul its internal complaint process after an EEOC investigation found a store manager had sexually harassed female workers.

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado marijuana dispensary has agreed to pay $95,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it fired a worker for failing to clock in and out of her shifts, even though she informed supervisors that she had memory issues due to her disabilities.

By Grace Elletson

Convenience store chain Sheetz persuaded a Maryland federal judge to send to Pennsylvania a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing the company of conducting a criminal history screening that amounted to race bias, citing the case's ties to that state.

By Vin Gurrieri

The EEOC's blitz of lawsuits at the end of its fiscal year included dozens of cases accusing employers of fostering environments full of harassment, highlighting an age-old priority for the commission that still catches employers flat-footed and prompts the agency to send stern warnings through its litigation docket, experts say. Here, Law360 looks at four things to know about the EEOC's latest anti-harassment enforcement push.

By Benjamin Morse

A Washington-based construction services company pulled a 67-year-old assembler's job placement because of a manager's incorrect assumption about his physical capabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a complaint filed in federal court.

By Mike Curley

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing a Colorado marijuana dispensary, alleging that it fired a budtender for memory issues stemming from a mini stroke when she was nine years old, while privately calling her a "fruitcake."

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a surge of new suits before its fiscal year wrapped up Monday but still ended up bringing fewer cases than the previous year, which management-side experts attribute to the agency focusing on potentially high-impact systemic suits and targeting key priorities. Here are five takeaways as the calendar flips at the EEOC.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched about 30 new cases as its fiscal year drew to a close, underscoring long-standing agency priorities like protecting underage workers from harassment and making sure deaf workers get fair treatment. Here's a rundown of that wave of lawsuits.

By Benjamin Morse

Two Louisiana-based energy companies failed to address male workers' racist and sexually explicit behavior toward Black female truck drivers and fired anyone who complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit.

By Benjamin Morse

A technology services provider in Ohio will pay $15,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation discovered reasonable cause to believe it denied women employment opportunities based on their sex, the agency said.