Employment Law News from the EEOC

• Tuesday, January 21, 2025
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Donald J. Trump has named Commissioner Andrea R. Lucas Acting Chair of the EEOC. Lucas has served as an EEOC Commissioner since 2020, having been nominated by President Trump during his first term.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/president-appoints-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc-acting-chair

 

• Friday, January 17, 2025
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycler of large items such as transformers and electrical equipment, violated federal employment laws when it discriminated against female job applicants in its Pell City, Alabama, location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tci-alabama-sex-discrimination

 

• Friday, January 17, 2025
  ATLANTA – Sam’s East, Inc. and Walmart Inc., which together operate a chain of warehouse club retail stores known as Sam’s Club, violated federal law when they refused to reasonably accommodate an employee’s disabilities and later fired her because of her disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-sams-club-disability-discrimination

 

• Friday, January 17, 2025
  BEDFORD, Ind. – General Motors (GM) and the international union of United Auto Workers violated federal law when they negotiated a collective bargaining agreement which limited short-term disability payments to older workers who receive Social Security Retirement benefits, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-general-motors-and-uaw-age-discrimination

 

• Friday, January 17, 2025
  DETROIT – PACE Southeast Michigan, a company providing all-inclusive care for the elderly, will pay $170,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.  
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/pace-southeast-michigan-pay-170000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit

 

• Friday, January 17, 2025
  DETROIT – FCA US, L.L.C., an international automobile manufacturer, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to widespread sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fca-us-llc-sexual-harassment

 

• Friday, January 17, 2025
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced its report on the agency’s performance during fiscal year 2024, covering Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the Office of General Counsel (OGC) annual report for the same time period.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-publishes-annual-performance-and-general-counsel-reports-fiscal-year-2024

 

• Thursday, January 16, 2025
  MINNEAPOLIS – TKO Construction Services, a staffing company that provides temporary employees for commercial, residential, restoration, heavy industrial and energy construction companies, will pay $300,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/tko-construction-services-pay-300000-settle-eeoc-sex-race-and-age-discrimination-lawsuit

 

• Thursday, January 16, 2025
  NEW YORK – Federal Express Corporation, doing business as FedEx Express, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate several dispatchers’ requests to continue working from home and demanded the dispatchers’ immediate return to its downtown Manhattan office, effectively forcing at least one into retirement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fedex-disability-discrimination-0

 

• Wednesday, January 15, 2025
  CASPER, Wyo. – Waller’s Trucking Company, Inc., a family-owned Wyoming trucking company, will pay $124,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/wyoming-trucking-company-pay-124000-eeoc-sexual-harassment-lawsuit

 

• Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/christopher-green-appointed-director-eeocs-san-francisco-district

 

• Monday, January 13, 2025
  MIAMI – Kane’s Furniture, LLC, a Florida-based furniture retail company, will pay $1,482,748.00 in monetary relief and provide significant equitable relief to settle a federal class sex discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/kanes-furniture-pay-nearly-15-million-eeoc-sex-discrimination-lawsuit

 

• Monday, January 13, 2025
  WASHINGTON – Northern Virginia Surgery Center, LLC (NVSC), which operates an outpatient surgery center, will pay $50,000 and provide programmatic relief to resolve a disability and age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/northern-virginia-surgery-center-pays-50000-eeoc-disability-and-age-discrimination-lawsuit

 

• Wednesday, January 8, 2025
  DENVER – Houston-based Noble Energy, Inc. will implement a series of anti-discrimination measures to conciliate age discrimination allegations by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.The agency charged that Noble Energy practiced discriminatory discharge and layoff practices based on age. The agency’s investigation revealed the company conducted certain workforce reductions which disproportionately impacted employees aged 40 and older.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/noble-energy-settles-eeoc-age-discrimination-charge

 

• Tuesday, January 7, 2025
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “Asian Americans in the Federal Sector.” The report finds that in fiscal year 2020 Asian Americans were one of the largest growing populations in the United States. Asian American workers were employed in the federal sector at a rate that exceeded their representation in the civilian labor force (CLF).
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-research-finds-improved-asian-american-representation-underrepresentation-federal

 

• Monday, January 6, 2025
  DENVER — United Airlines, Inc. a Delaware corporation with a major hub at Denver International Airport, will pay $99,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal lawsuit for a hostile work environment based on race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/united-airlines-pay-99000-eeoc-discrimination-case

 

• Friday, January 3, 2025
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Prestigious Placement, Inc., and Prosero, Inc., will pay $215,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.According to the lawsuit, a male lead employed by Prosero subjected female employees placed by Prestigious Placement to unwelcome sexual comments. When two of the female employees complained to supervisors, they were ignored. Later, Prosero terminated the employees for alleged performance issues, according to the EEOC.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/prosero-management-and-prestigious-placement-pay-215000-eeoc-harassment-and-retaliation

 

• Thursday, January 2, 2025
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “The Impact of Age on the Gender Pay Gap in the Federal Sector.” The EEOC examined data on over two million federal employees to assess whether the gender pay gap differs for people under age 40 compared to people age 40 and over (who are protected from age discrimination by federal law).
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-research-finds-gender-pay-gap-was-larger-among-federal-employees-age-40-and-over

 

• Thursday, December 26, 2024
  RALEIGH, N.C.  – Rex Healthcare, Inc., a private, non-profit healthcare provider located in Raleigh, North Carolina, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs and fired her for failing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-rex-healthcare-inc-religious-discrimination

 

• Tuesday, December 24, 2024
  WASHINGTON – Equinox Holdings, Inc. (Equinox), which owns and operates fitness facilities and gyms nationwide, illegally discriminated against a woman who suffers from endometriosis on the basis of disability and sex when it failed to hire her as a front desk associate at its sports club in Washington because of her “monthly cycle” and potential need for a reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a lawsuit filed today. The agency also alleged Equinox did not accommodate her disability during the job application process.
  Read More: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-equinox-holdings-inc-disability-and-sex-discrimination