NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Emmy Freedman

A company that contracts with mine sites illegally refused to hire a worker to drive a dump truck because he's a right-arm amputee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in Georgia federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A delivery contractor illegally fired an employee for having an autoimmune disease flare-up while transporting packages in an unheated truck, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a Georgia federal court suit.

By Grace Elletson

A Memphis, Tennessee, restaurant will pay up $60,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it failed to step in when a gay employee said he was harassed with homophobic comments and then fired him for complaining about the mistreatment.

By Patrick Hoff

A Georgia senior living community will pay $78,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it pressured a receptionist in her 70s to retire and then fired her because she was hospitalized for high blood pressure, according to a federal court filing.

By Emmy Freedman

A logistics company will pay $60,000 to resolve a suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of forcing a staffing agency to rescind a worker's employment there after he complained that the facility refused to hire Hispanic workers.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal judge that the agency will ask the Fifth Circuit to upend his order blocking the EEOC from enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act against the state.

By Patrick Hoff

A Georgia-based security provider agreed to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it transferred an employee to a lower-paying position because she complained about a colleague's sexual harassment, according to a federal court filing Friday.

By Patrick Hoff

Two trucking companies have agreed to pay $460,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging two gay mechanics were fired for complaining that co-workers were making derogatory comments about their sexual orientation, according to a Friday filing in Ohio federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A classic car dealership executive made inappropriate sexual comments to an office manager and repeatedly insisted she send him nude photos, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Indiana federal court Friday.

By Emmy Freedman

A hospitality company will pay $150,000 to resolve a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing it of unlawfully firing an employee right after it learned she had a miscarriage, according to a filing Thursday in Maryland federal court.

By Emmy Freedman

A real estate company gave a Black manager more than twice as much work as his white colleague, paid him less and then fired him because he was "lazy," the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in Georgia federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A Las Vegas hotel and casino agreed to pay $720,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it forced out employees who requested accommodations for their disabilities, according to a filing in Nevada federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A New York restaurant and brewery refused to give shifts to a worker with cancer and another who suffered a seizure even though they were medically cleared to work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Wednesday.

By Emmy Freedman

A residential roofing company reached a nearly $100,000 deal Tuesday with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end the agency's lawsuit accusing the company of firing a woman who complained about misogynistic music at its Dallas facility, a filing in Texas federal court said.

By Grace Elletson

An oilfield services company agreed to pay $265,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the company let racial slurs against Black and Hispanic workers go unchecked at a Texas facility, according to a filing Tuesday.

By Emmy Freedman

Sprouts Farmers Market agreed to pay $265,000 to end a charge lodged with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after an agency investigation found reasonable cause to believe workers at the organic grocery chain faced sexual harassment and were punished for complaining about it, the EEOC announced Friday.

By Emmy Freedman

Convenience store chain Sheetz discriminated against nonwhite job applicants by basing hiring decisions on criminal history checks and refusing to let rejected job-seekers appeal those decisions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Maryland federal court.

By Parker Quinlan

A Louisiana-based marine services company agreed to shell out $45,000 settlement to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it illegally revoked a job offer after finding out the candidate took prescribed medication to treat ADHD, according to the EEOC.

By Grace Elletson

An Illinois school district will pay about $206,000 to bring an end to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it capped salary increases for teachers over 45 to dodge increased retirement payments, the agency said Wednesday.

By Patrick Hoff

Logistics company DHL will pay $8.7 million to resolve a 14-year-old U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it gave Black workers more difficult and dangerous work assignments than white employees, according to an agreement filed in Illinois federal court.