Settlement, Civil Rights Act, Reasonable Accommodation

EEOC Scrutinizes Vaccine Mandates: Continued Rise of Religious Accommodation Claims

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/2/2025

The COVID-19 pandemic brought workplace vaccination policies to the forefront, raising complex questions about religious accommodations. Over four years after the initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, these policies remain...more

Res-Care / Equus to Pay $125,000 in EEOC High-Risk Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Case

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/13/2024

Settles Federal Charges Workforce Services Provider in Southern New Mexico Failed to Grant Medical Leave and Fired Employee - SOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (jointly referred to as Res-Care/Equus),...more

Passages Family Support to Pay $95,000 to Resolve Religious Discrimination Charge

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/5/2024

EEOC Investigation Finds Clinic Refused to Provide Reasonable Accommodation and Discharged Employee Because of Religious Beliefs - SEATTLE – Passages Family Support, a non-profit organization with a clinic in Spokane,...more

Walgreens Pays $205,000 in EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/20/2024

Settles Federal Charges That Alexandria Pharmacy Refused to Allow Pregnant Worker Emergency Medical Leave, Forcing Her to Quit - NEW ORLEANS – Pharmacy and retailer Walgreens Co. has agreed to pay $205,000 and provide...more

Title Loan Companies to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Racial Harassment and Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/17/2023

Settles Federal Charges Employee Was Subjected to N-Word, Did Not Accommodate Her Disability, and Then Fired Her - GREENVILLE, S.C. – Georgia-based Community Loans of America, Inc. and its subsidiary, Carolina Title Loans,...more

Dollar General to Pay $42,500 to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/12/2023

Retailer Settled Lawsuit Alleging It Fired Sales Associate Because of Her Pregnancy - ATLANTA – Nationwide retailer Dolgencorp, LLC, which does business as Dollar General, will pay $42,500 and provide other relief to...more

A.V.I. Sea Bar & Chophouse Restaurant to Pay $55,000 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/18/2023

Settles Federal Agency Charges Supervisors Provided Pregnant Hostess a Stool Then Took It Away and Then Fired Her - ST. LOUIS – A.V.I. Sea Bar & Chophouse restaurant, a Wichita steakhouse with an attached catering service...more

Aruba Airlines to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/1/2023

Company Terminated Financial Analyst Due to Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI – Arubaanse Luchtvaart Maatschhappij Nv, Inc., doing business as Aruba Airlines, will pay $75,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination...more

Circle K to Pay $8 Million to Resolve EEOC Disability, Pregnancy, and Retaliation Charges

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 11/29/2022

PHOENIX – Circle K Stores Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve disability, pregnancy and retaliation discrimination charges, the federal agency...more

Staffing Solutions to Pay $550,000 to Settle EEOC Discriminatory Hiring and Placement Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/4/2022

Company Rejected Black, Disabled, Pregnant and Older Applicants and Forced Out Office Manager Who Opposed Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. – Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing...more

Restaurant Admits to Pregnancy Discrimination and Pays $30,000 to Resolve EEOC Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/31/2022

Bourne’s House Admits Firing and Refusing to Rehire a Worker Because She Was Pregnant - NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana restaurant admitted that it violated federal law when it fired and then later refused to rehire a worker...more

DLS Engineering Associates to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/26/2022

Federal Contractor Failed to Hire Pregnant Woman, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSONVILLE – DLS Engineering Associates, LLC, a federal contractor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, will pay $70,000 and furnish other relief to...more

Cassone Leasing to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Case

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/6/2022

Long Island-Based Company Fired Employee Shortly After Learning of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - NEW YORK – Cassone Leasing, Inc., a Ronkonkoma, Long Island-based company that leases and sells office trailers and...more

Wellpath to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Case

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/2/2022

Health Care Company Denied Religious Accommodation for a Correctional Nurse To Wear a Scrub Skirt, Federal Agency Charged - SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Tennessee-based Wellpath, LLC, a provider of health services in correctional...more

Solé Miami to Pay $99,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/9/2021

Resort Hotel Refused to Accommodate Seventh-day Adventist Employee, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI – Noble House Solé, LLC, a resort hotel in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will pay $99,000 to a terminated room attendant who...more

Rural/Metro to Pay $55,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/23/2021

EMS Company Denied Accommodation to Pregnant EMT, Federal Agency Charged - ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando-based Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida, doing business as American Medical Response, Rural/Metro Corporation, and...more

Flower Mound Medical Practice to Pay $375,000 After Judgment in EEOC Title VII Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/12/2021

Employees Subjected to Religious Discrimination and Retaliation - DALLAS – Tim Shepherd M.D., P.A. and Bridges Healthcare, P.A., doing business as Shepherd Healthcare, a medical practice in Flower Mound, Texas, will pay...more

DoodyCalls Will Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/15/2020

Pet Waste Removal Company Fired Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Charlottesville, Va.-based DoodyCalls, a leading pet waste removal company, will pay $40,000 and provide significant equitable relief to...more

McDonald’s Franchisor Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/19/2020

Orlando Restaurant Refused to Accommodate Religious Practices of Jewish Maintenance Worker Applicant, Federal Agency Charged - ORLANDO, Fla. – Chalfont & Associates Group, Inc., owner of 11 McDonald’s restaurants in the...more

Life Care Centers of America to Pay $170,000 to Settle EEOC Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/30/2019

Company Refused to Provide Light Duty to Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Charged - SEATTLE - Geriatric care giant Life Care Centers of America, Inc. and its affiliate, South Hill Operations, LLC, doing business as "Life...more

Nix Hospital Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/30/2019

Hospital Refused to Accommodate and Terminated Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Said - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Nix Hospitals System, LLC, doing business as Nix Healthcare System, a provider of comprehensive medical services,...more

Remedy Intelligent Staffing and Lornamead to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/30/2019

Staffing Agency and Manufacturer Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Long-Term Temporary Worker With Kidney Condition, Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Remedy Intelligent Staffing, LLC, a California-based staffing...more

Carolina Creek to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/18/2017

Christian Camp Demoted Employee Because of Her Pregnancy and a Related Complication, Then Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - Carolina Creek Christian Camp, Inc., a Huntsville, Texas-area...more

Justice Department Settles Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against City of Florence, Kentucky

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/27/2016

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree with the city of Florence, Kentucky, to resolve a pregnancy and disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the department under Title VII of the Civil...more

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