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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its COVID-19 technical assistance today to include more information about employer retaliation in pandemic-related employment situations.

The updates explain and clarify the rights of employees and job applicants who believe they suffered retaliation for protected activities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, or other employment discrimination laws. The technical assistance explains how these rights are balanced

ORLANDO, Fla. – Shelley’s Septic Tank, Inc., a Florida company operating in the Orlando area, has agreed to pay $82,500 and furnish other relief to settle a same-sex sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC charged that Shelley’s violated federal law when a driver was sexually harassed by the company’s owner and fired in retaliation for complaining to the sheriff’s office

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) detailed its financial management and provided an overview of performance results Nov. 15, in its Fiscal Year 2021 Agency Financial Report (AFR).

Overall, the EEOC had a successful year, with recoveries in line with historical levels despite the pandemic. For the $404.5 million appropriated for EEOC operations, the agency recovered more than $484 million which went directly to victims of discrimination, changed discriminatory practices across American

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today announced a joint initiative to raise awareness about retaliation issues when workers exercise their protected labor rights.

The initiative will include collaboration among these civil law enforcement agencies to protect workers on issues of unlawful retaliatory conduct, educate the public and engage with employers, business organizations, labor organizations and civil rights groups

WASHINGTON --  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the availability of the newest edition of the federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest).

The EEO Digest, a quarterly publication prepared by EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations, features a wide variety of recent EEOC decisions and federal court cases of interest. This edition contains summaries of noteworthy decisions issued by the EEOC, including cases involving complaint processing, compensatory damages and

NEW ORLEANS – Don’s Specialty Meats, Inc, a food preparer and retailer in Scott and Carencro, La., violated federal law when it subjected an African American employee to a hostile work environment because of his race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed September 24, 2021.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the general manager at Don’s Specialty Meats, Inc. routinely referred to the employee as “Black boy,” “the Black boy,”

NEW ORLEANS – Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Medical Center, a health services provider, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Willis-Knighton Medical Center required employees who exceeded a fixed leave-and-light-duty cap to be fully fit for duty (that is, have no restrictions), regardless of whether those employees could perform the essential functions of

MINNEAPOLIS – Employer Solutions Group, LLC (ESG), a payroll services company operating in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has agreed to pay $95,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that ESG fired an employee because she notified the company that she needed to use crutches following a surgery related to a knee injury. When the employee attempted to return to

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is launching an initiative to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging tools used in hiring and other employment decisions comply with federal civil rights laws that the agency enforces, EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows announced today at a Genius Machines 2021 event.

“Artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making tools have great potential to improve our lives, including in the area of employment,” Burrows said

NEW ORLEANS – American Screening, LLC, a drug and medical testing supplies distributor in Shreveport, Louisiana, violated federal law when it fired a worker because of her hair, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed October 27, 2021.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, American Screening interviewed and selected the worker for an office job. About a month into the job, the worker — who until then had been wearing a

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Awon Phie LLC, doing business as Holiday Inn Express North Padre Island, will pay $30,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company’s operations manager told an employee that she noticed her stomach, referring to her being pregnant. The company’s operations manager told the employee she was

MINNEAPOLIS – Frizzell Furniture, a furniture retailer with locations in northern Minnesota, has agreed to pay $60,000 and has committed to providing training and revising its policies to resolve a finding of gender identity discrimination, a form of sex discrimination, by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

An investigation by the EEOC’s Minneapolis Area Office concluded that Frizzell Furniture did not hire a job applicant for a sales position because

ATLANTA – Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc., a managed health care provider that is part of the Oakland, California-based Kaiser Permanente organization, agreed to settle a lawsuit after it was found liable for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced today.

After the court ruled against Kaiser, Kaiser agreed to pay its former employee $130,000 and enter into a consent decree under which it will train

WASHINGTON – La Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los Estados Unidos (EEOC) anunció hoy el nombramiento de Christopher Lage como asesor general adjunto de la agencia, a partir del 24 de octubre.

Lage se ha desempeñado como abogado general asistente de la EEOC desde 2002, supervisando y apoyando los litigios en los tribunales de distrito.

"Chris aporta a esta nueva función un conocimiento profundo de la misión y las operaciones

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the appointment of Christopher Lage as the agency’s deputy general counsel, effective Oct. 24.

Lage has served as an EEOC assistant general counsel since 2002, overseeing and supporting district court litigation.

“Chris brings to this new role a deep knowledge of the agency’s mission and operations, as well as tremendous experience representing the interests of EEOC’s litigation program,” said EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing questions about religious objections to employer COVID-19 vaccine requirements and how they interact with federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws.

The expanded technical assistance provides new information about how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies when an applicant or employee requests an exception from an employer’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Strategic Equipment, LLC, doing business as TriMark Foodcraft, LLC, a Delaware corporation that specializes in commercial kitchen equipment and operates a distribution facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has agreed to pay $25,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's complaint, Jean S. Perry is an individual with a disability who worked

WASHINGTON – The White House today released the first-ever U.S. Government National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality as part of an Executive Order issued March 8, 2021. The strategy outlines a roadmap to address longstanding gender discrimination and systemic barriers faced by women and girls and advance equal opportunity for all people. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was an important member of the White House Gender Policy Council that led the development

WHEELING, W.V. – Route 22 Sports Bar, Inc. and Crazy Mexican Restaurant & Grill, LLC, two restaurants in Weirton, W.V., will pay $217,500 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation suit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the male spouse of an owner of the two restaurants, who, the EEOC alleged, possessed broad authority over the businesses and their employees, subjected a

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland-based veterinary services Hannah’s, Inc. and Hannah’s Pet Hospitals, Inc. will pay over $43,000 and make significant changes to its policies and internal complaint procedures to settle a sexual harassment discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s investigation showed that a male veterinarian began to sexually harass a pet nurse shortly after she was hired at Hannah’s Tigard, Oregon clinic, conduct

CHICAGO – Grief, Inc., an international manufacturing company, and American Flange, its wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the western suburbs of Chicago, violated federal law when they fired an employee and refused to excuse his disability-related absences, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the agency’s pre-suit investigation revealed American Flange and Grief implemented a point-based attendance system that did not excuse disability-related absences. Because

DENVER, Colo. – SFM, LLC, doing business as Sprouts Farmers Market — which operates grocery stores in Colorado and other states — will pay $280,000 to three Deaf injured parties and provide other significant relief to settle lawsuits filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Raymond Clark, the federal agency announced today. The lawsuits charged that Sprouts denied employment to applicants because of their disabilities and that Sprouts denied them reasonable accommodation

WASHINGTON – La Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los EE. UU. anunció hoy que los documentos clave de recursos en línea se han traducido en siete idiomas adicionales y ahora están disponibles para ayudar a mejorar el acceso para las personas con dominio limitado del inglés.

Además de las traducciones al español existentes, la EEOC proporciona documentos clave, hojas informativas y publicaciones en árabe, chino simplificado, criollo haitiano, coreano

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that key online resource documents have been translated into seven additional languages and are now available to help improve access for people with limited English proficiency.

In addition to the existing Spanish translations, the EEOC provides key documents, fact sheets, and publications in Arabic, simplified Chinese, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Tagalog and Vietnamese on eeoc.gov.

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