Employment Law News from the EEOC

• Wednesday, September 17, 2025
  MOBILE, Ala. – Cosmos, a restaurant in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi operated by Smoke BBQ LLC, violated federal law by firing a server because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.The EEOC’s suit charged that in November 2023, the server told her colleagues about her pregnancy shortly after she started working at the restaurant. The next day, after Cosmos managers heard about her pregnancy, she was fired.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-cosmos-pregnancy-discrimination

 

• Tuesday, September 16, 2025
  WASHINGTON – The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) violated federal law when it fired an employee based on his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-dc-water-authority-age-discrimination

 

• Tuesday, September 16, 2025
  CHICAGO – The Chicago District Office of the U.S.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-two-businesses-operating-chicago-area-under-pregnant-workers-fairness-act

 

• Tuesday, September 16, 2025
  DETROIT – Tower Automotive Operations USA I, LLC, doing business as Autokiniton, an auto parts manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Michigan, violated federal law when it refused to allow an older, female worker with a disability to re-enter its apprenticeship program, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-autokiniton-sex-disability-and-age-discrimination

 

• Monday, September 15, 2025
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., a nationwide restaurant operator, agreed to pay $80,000 to a job applicant who alleged he was not hired because of his request for a religious accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.According to the EEOC’s charge investigation, during the interview process in August 2024 with the P.F. Chang’s location in Birmingham, the applicant requested Sundays off because of his religious beliefs. The EEOC’s investigation concluded he was not hired because of the accommodation request.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/pf-changs-pay-80000-religious-discrimination

 

• Friday, September 12, 2025
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Sanmina Corporation, a global provider of electronics contract manufacturing services, will pay $77,500 and provide other relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/sanmina-corporation-pay-77500-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit

 

• Friday, September 12, 2025
  BALTIMORE – American Multi-Cinema (AMC), a nationwide movie theatre chain, violated federal law when it forced an employee with a disability to leave his job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-american-multi-cinema-disability-discrimination

 

• Thursday, September 11, 2025
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Interventional Pain Management Associates (IPMA), a Mountain Home, Arkansas pain management clinic, and Baxter Regional Medical Center, a nonprofit hospital, will pay $350,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/interventional-pain-management-associates-and-baxter-regional-medical-center-pay-350000

 

• Thursday, September 11, 2025
  BALTIMORE – Roland Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a residential health care facility in Baltimore City, and Atlas Healthcare, the management company operating Roland Park RHC, violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a pregnant employee and firing her instead, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-roland-park-rehabilitation-and-healthcare-center-and-atlas-healthcare-sex-and

 

• Wednesday, September 10, 2025
  NORFOLK, Va. – Virginia International Terminals, LLC (VIT), a marine terminal operator headquartered in Norfolk, will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/virginia-international-terminals-pay-20000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-suit

 

• Wednesday, September 10, 2025
  GREENSBORO, N.C. – Piedmont Cheerwine Bottling Company, a North Carolina-based soft drink company with a facility in Colfax, North Carolina, violated federal law when it required an employee to undergo a medical examination and discharged her because of a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-piedmont-cheerwine-bottling-company-disability-discrimination

 

• Wednesday, September 3, 2025
  CHICAGO – Sunnybrook Union, a labor union representing teachers and educational support staff in the Sunnybrook School District in Lansing, Illinois, will pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a race discrimination case filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/sunnybrook-union-pay-110000-eeoc-race-discrimination-lawsuit

 

• Wednesday, September 3, 2025
  DETROIT – East Jordan Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers, will pay $460,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/east-jordan-plastics-pay-460000-eeoc-sexual-harassment-lawsuit

 

• Tuesday, September 2, 2025
  NORFOLK, Va. — Franklin, Virginia-based Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen, LLC, doing business as Dairy Queen, entered into conciliation agreements with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve two sexual harassment charges, the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/mid-atlantic-dairy-queen-pay-145000-resolve-eeoc-sexual-harassment-charges

 

• Friday, August 29, 2025
  ATLANTA – Sam’s East, Inc. and Walmart Inc., which together operate a chain of warehouse club retail stores known as Sam’s Club, will pay $60,000 and undertake remedial measures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sams-club-pay-60k-over-disability-discrimination

 

• Thursday, August 28, 2025
  CLEVELAND – Dublin, Ohio-based ViaQuest, LLC and its affiliates, ViaQuest Healthcare Central, LLC and ViaQuest Day and Employment Services, LLC will pay $175,000 and implement significant injunctive relief to resolve a disability discrimination charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.The EEOC's investigation found that ViaQuest discriminated and retaliated against an applicant by denying her a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process and refused to employ her because of her disability.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/viaquest-llc-pay-175000-eeoc-disability-charge

 

• Thursday, August 28, 2025
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Landmark Dodge, Inc., and Landmark South, Inc. (Landmark Dodge), the owners of automobile dealerships in Independence, Missouri and formerly in Belton, Missouri, will pay $275,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.The EEOC’s suit alleged Landmark Dodge had a policy of refusing to hire women for sales jobs and men for office jobs, and that the company retaliated against two human resources employees who opposed the practice.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/landmark-dodge-pay-275000-eeoc-sex-discrimination-and-retaliation-lawsuit

 

• Tuesday, August 26, 2025
  ATLANTA – BWW Resources, LLC, which owns and operates Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants, agreed to pay $47,500 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/buffalo-wild-wings-pay-47500-eeoc-religious-discrimination-lawsuit

 

• Friday, August 22, 2025
  WASHINGTON – For more than six decades, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has enforced Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits religious discrimination in the workplace.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/200-days-eeoc-action-protect-religious-freedom-work

 

• Friday, August 22, 2025
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today a federal court filing to enforce two administrative subpoenas it issued during its investigation into allegations Gallup-McKinley County Schools (GMCS) engaged in intentionally discriminatory hiring and other unlawful employment practices against Native American applicants and employees.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-files-subpoena-enforcement-action-against-gallup-mckinley-county-schools