NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Grace Elletson

A Florida federal judge refused to greenlight a $1.4 million deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission racial harassment suit against a waste management company, faulting the parties for failing to give the court key details.

By Grace Elletson

A Minnesota YMCA said in a court filing Tuesday that it has agreed to pay $140,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it failed to take action when a male manager sexually harassed female employees, some of whom were teenagers.

By Patrick Hoff

A call center operator will pay $250,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the company fired a blind employee because she needed a screen reader, according to a Texas federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

An Idaho federal judge rejected a beauty product manufacturer's bid to take potential punitive damages off the table in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it wouldn't promote a Black chemist because she filed bias complaints, ruling the request was filed too late.

By Patrick Hoff

An operator of Mexican restaurants told an Iowa federal court it has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it failed to stop male employees from groping and making sexual comments toward female colleagues.

By Patrick Hoff

A trio of building materials and auto mechanic companies agreed to pay nearly $216,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it failed to stop a supervisor from using racial slurs to refer to Black and Hispanic employees, according to a filing in Florida federal court.

By Benjamin Morse

A South Dakota-based mail delivery contractor agreed to pay $45,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it violated federal disability bias law when it fired an employee because of his physical disability. 

By Patrick Hoff

A Minnesota senior living facility operator will pay over $73,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it micromanaged and harassed an employee because she didn't disclose her pregnancy before accepting a promotion, according to a federal court filing on Monday.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently brokered deals in two separate suits — one accusing a New York City restaurant of standing by while a pastry cook was sexually harassed and another claiming a salt production company penalized and fired a Black worker for complaining about a white colleague's offensive comments.

By Grace Elletson

A movie theater chain has agreed to pay $250,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it forced an employee into retirement and pulled his health insurance after he turned 65, according to a Thursday court filing.

By Grace Elletson

Seafood restaurant chain Landry's settled a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it stood by while an Iranian server was harassed for her nationality and fired over bogus accusations that she came to work drunk, removing the need for a trial scheduled for this month.

By Grace Elletson

A restaurant chain told an Ohio federal court Monday it agreed to pay $125,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it allowed a biracial worker to endure racial and disability-related slurs and then fired her for taking time off.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal court Friday that a Goodwill operation has agreed to pay $75,000 to end the agency's suit alleging the organization illegally declined to hire a deaf applicant for a retail role because "hearing and speaking" were job requirements.

By Grace Elletson

A California-based health center agreed to pay three female employees $195,000 to wrap up a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into claims that they were paid less than a male colleague out of sex discrimination.

By Benjamin Morse

A Chipotle in Kansas will pay $20,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a supervisor pulled part of a hijab off a Muslim employee's head after repeatedly asking to see her hair, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A car auction company has agreed to pay a Black former worker $175,000 to close a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming leadership failed to step in when he complained that colleagues regularly called him racial slurs, sometimes more than a dozen times a day.

By Grace Elletson

A company that owns movie theaters has agreed to settle an age discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming it yanked a worker's health insurance after he turned 65 and later forced him to retire during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Thy Vo

A Colorado federal judge was skeptical Monday that he, rather than a jury, should be the one to decide whether a seafood restaurant fired a worker because of her nationality or because she drank alcohol before a shift, in a suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Patrick Hoff

Hooters isn't making good on its agreement to shell out $250,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming one of its restaurants refused to rehire Black employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC told a North Carolina federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A pet care facility has reached a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to close a disability discrimination suit claiming it illegally yanked job offers from workers who tested positive for medication legally prescribed to them by doctors under a "zero tolerance" drug policy.