NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Grace Elletson

A helicopter ambulance company has agreed to pay an air mechanic $59,000 to resolve a disability bias suit in an Alabama federal court from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the business yanked back a job transfer offer because the worker was prescribed opioids.

By Grace Elletson

An HVAC products manufacturer has reached a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission promising to file future annual workforce demographic data reports with the agency, after the EEOC filed a suit in Texas federal court accusing the business of shirking reporting requirements.

By Grace Elletson

Walmart has agreed just days before a trial was set to start in Kansas federal court to pay two deaf workers $300,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the retail giant said it couldn't afford to provide the employees with on-the-job interpreters.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed fewer lawsuits, but attorneys say that pregnancy and religious discrimination cases emerged as clear areas of focus for the commission. Here's a look at the cases the agency added to its docket in the 2025 fiscal year.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed for the third time to secure court approval of a $30,000 settlement agreement that would end a pregnancy bias case against a child advocacy organization, with a Pennsylvania federal judge saying he still wasn't satisfied.

By Vin Gurrieri

A private equity-owned manufacturer will pay $2 million to end an Ohio federal court suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging it refused to hire women for jobs on its production floor and fired a top human resources official who flouted that policy.

By Grace Elletson

A roofing company failed to stop sexual harassment toward a former employee who claimed his boss regularly touched him inappropriately on the job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a suit filed in New York federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A Washington state Little Caesars franchisee stood by while two supervisors used racial slurs toward Black employees and fired a worker who spoke out about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court.

By Grace Elletson

An Arkansas federal judge tossed a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit against restaurant company Brinker International, saying the agency failed to show the business should have done more to stop a Chili's Grill & Bar cook from sexually harassing and assaulting teen workers.

By Patrick Hoff

A light bulb manufacturer and a staffing company will pay a combined $285,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming they fired a pregnant woman rather than provide accommodations, according to a filing in California federal court.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a disability lawsuit against plasma collection giant Grifols on Tuesday, alleging the company yanked a nurse's job offer after learning she required additional oversight from the state because she suffers from alcohol and substance abuse disorders.

By Zak Kostro

A Coca-Cola bottling company refused to accommodate a delivery driver with a history of kidney disease that requires dialysis and fired him because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Louisiana federal court.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission struck a $150,000 settlement with a Mississippi farm operator to end a suit alleging it disfavored agricultural workers who were Black and American, according to a Mississippi federal court filing Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado hospital ousted older nurses from their jobs after leadership proclaimed a need for more "youthful and energetic" staff, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court Tuesday.

By Anne Cullen

An infusion therapy provider violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by not granting a pregnant traveling nurse's requests for in-home visits with shorter commutes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Massachusetts federal court in a suit the agency announced Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

Apple refused to let a Jewish employee take time off on Fridays and Saturdays so that he could observe the Sabbath, and eventually fired him because he asked not to work on a Friday, according to a suit filed Tuesday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Vin Gurrieri

Delta Airlines Inc. illegally pulled an offer it extended to a prospective employee at New York's LaGuardia Airport because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Tuesday in a lawsuit.

By Corey Rothauser

A staffing agency violated federal law by complying with a client's directive not to assign women to laborer jobs at an Alabama plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged.

By Grace Elletson

A scientific lab operator in Tennessee has agreed to shell out $2.8 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission probe into allegations that it unlawfully denied accommodations to workers who sought religious exemptions to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the agency said Tuesday.

By Patrick Hoff

Supermarket chain Jewel-Osco will pay $1.95 million to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into allegations that it failed to accommodate several employees because of their disabilities, the agency said Tuesday.