NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a loan company have asked a Georgia federal court to approve a $750,000 deal to end a suit alleging it fired an employee who asked for time off to recover from two major heart attacks.

By Anne Cullen

An Illinois-based hospital system bucked civil rights law when it denied a Christian nurse's request for an exemption to its COVID-19 vaccination policy and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has told a federal court.

By Anne Cullen

An Arkansas federal judge agreed to cut the constructive discharge allegation from a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging two doctors at an Arkansas hospital refused to let a male medical assistant help with childbirth, noting that the worker assisted with other deliveries.

By Grace Elletson

A trucking company can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it turned away a job seeker because he's deaf, a North Carolina federal judge ruled, pointing to evidence that a recruiter said the business wouldn't accept an employee who used sign language.

By Grace Elletson

DHL has agreed to pay $640,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the shipping logistics giant failed to correct rampant sexual harassment at a Memphis, Tennessee, facility.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ended a suit claiming a hotel chain failed to follow through on promises to pay a worker $40,000 to end claims she lost a promotion because of racial bias, after informing a Pennsylvania judge that the company paid the remaining sum.

By Corey Rothauser

Walmart will pay $60,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing the retailer of firing a worker with a hearing disability after stripping away long-standing workplace accommodations at a Long Island store.

By Grace Elletson

A Burger King franchisee can access female employees' medical and psychological records in a sexual harassment case from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a Kansas federal magistrate judge ruled, rejecting the EEOC's argument that it could withhold the records because the agency asserted "garden variety" emotional distress claims.

By Vin Gurrieri

PepsiCo will pay $270,000 to end suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging it fired a blind call center employee after refusing to find a screen-reading tool compatible with its software system that would allow the worker to do his job, according to a North Carolina federal court filing.

By Anne Cullen

A New York-based tire dealer agreed to pay just under $304,000 to resolve an investigation into what the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged was a decision to turn away an applicant due to his request for time off to observe the Sabbath, the agency announced Monday.

By Grace Elletson

A Kentucky federal judge narrowed, but declined to dismiss, a suit from a former Raytheon mechanic who claimed he was moved to a different division after his boss said he wanted younger talent, ruling a jury could consider the transfer a demotion.

By Celeste Bott

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is pushing back on a nursing home and rehabilitation center operator's bid for a pretrial win in a suit alleging it failed to act when a nurse was sexually harassed by her supervisor, saying that several disputed facts require a jury to weigh in.

By Grace Elletson

A Florida federal judge has approved a $175,000 deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming hotel giant Marriott unlawfully required a Seventh-day Adventist employee to work on her Sabbath, the agency said Thursday.

By Patrick Hoff

A concrete contractor refused to hire job applicants who took medications to treat opioid addiction and other substance use disorders, in violation of federal disability law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a Tuesday lawsuit filed in West Virginia federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A cafe chain will pay $650,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a manager created a toxic work environment by inappropriately touching and commenting on female employees' bodies, the federal bias watchdog announced Tuesday.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to satisfy its conciliation obligations before filing an age discrimination lawsuit against a Colorado hospital, the facility told a federal court, arguing that the case should be paused for the parties to try to work out a deal.

By Patrick Hoff

An Illinois roofing company failed to address racist remarks and inappropriate sexual comments regularly made by a subsidiary's vice president and other employees, ultimately forcing a worker to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a suit Friday.

By Patrick Hoff

A Baltimore-area hospital accused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of mischaracterizing a deaf nurse's medical restrictions and accommodation request to prop up a disability bias suit, telling a Maryland federal court the agency's deception warrants tossing the case.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Wisconsin federal court Thursday to force Northwestern Mutual to hand over details about its diversity, equity and inclusion policies and workplace trainings, saying the company's evasion is impeding an investigation into a former employee's bias allegations.

By Patrick Hoff

A Michigan hospital can't escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it unlawfully refused to transfer a nurse with a metabolic disorder to a less demanding position, with a federal judge saying the hospital hadn't shown the court erred when it sent the case to a jury.