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Sonic Drive-In of Los Lunas, Ltd., and B&B Consultants, Inc., doing business as Sonic Drive-In in Los Lunas, N.M., violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees (including some teenagers) to sexual harassment, retaliating against the women for complaining about it and forcing many of them to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on September 29, 2009.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Phoenix-area property management firms Riverstone Residential, SW, LLC and Realty Management, charging the companies with firing and failing to accommodate an employee because he had a disability.

A Metairie, La., transportation service violated federal law by creating a sexually hostile work environment for a female employee and then fired her in retaliation for complaining, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit recently filed.

Seymour ZX, LLC, operating a Zaxby's restaurant in Seymour, Tenn., violated federal law by firing two employees for protesting sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed September 30, 2009.

An Indianapolis-based construction company unlawfully retaliated against a concrete worker who filed and refused to drop a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), according to a lawsuit filed by the EEOC on September 29.

Clayton Ranch Market, a grocery store in Clayton, N.M., violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to hire a qualified applicant because he had a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. The ADA prohibits employment discrimination based on disability.

A company that provides services to the disabled illegally discriminated against disabled, hearing-impaired applicants, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

M&N Equipment, a Casper, Wyo., equipment supplier, unlawfully retaliated against a female employee after she complained that she had been sexually harassed at the company's Pinedale, Wyo., location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

A Fortune 500 home builder and land developer which identifies itself as the nation's largest home builder refused to accommodate an employee's pregnancy-related disability and unlawfully fired her because of it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

A Western Washington saw and wood planing mill, Mason County Forest Products, violated federal law when a crew manager sexually harassed female employees and fired two women because of their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. One of the women was terminated also in retaliation for opposing the discrimination, according to the agency.

Genesco, Inc., doing business as Journeys, which operates a retail store whose target customers are in the age range of 13-22, violated federal law by subject­ing a class of women to sexual harassment and retaliating against one woman for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed September 29, 2009.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it has filed suit in federal court here against Tomayo Financial Services, Inc., a mortgage lending organization with four offices in the Chicago area, charging that women employees were sexually harassed and retaliated against when they complained.

Hilltown Packing, a Salinas-based agricultural harvester with annual revenues of over $50 million, violated federal law by permitting sexual harassment and retaliation against female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has filed an employment discrimination suit against Spartan Plumbing, Inc., a company that provides plumbing services in Tucson, Ariz., and Las Vegas, Nev. In its lawsuit, EEOC v. Spartan Plumbing Inc, (Civil Action No 09-547 TUC-RCC), filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the EEOC charges that the employee in this case was subjected to harassment based on his race, Black.

Mount Vernon Holdings, LLC, the company that owns and operates Best Western Hotel-Mt. Vernon in Alexandria, Va., violated federal law by refusing to hire applicants based on their non-Hispanic national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.

Staffing Company Terminated Women Because of Pregnancy, Federal Agency Says

     

BALTIMORE – CTI Global  Solutions Inc., a staffing agency headquartered in Largo,  Md., violated  federal law when it terminated a group of employees because of their pregnancy,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit  announced today.

     

“More than 30 years after the passage of the Pregnancy  Discrimination Act, the EEOC has seen a sharp increase

Better Qualified Former Employee Denied Jobs Because of Pregnancy, EEOC Charges

     

MIAMI – Hilton Grand Vacations Company, LLC, a division of Hilton Hotels Corporation, violated federal law when it refused to hire a former employee because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

     

According to the EEOC's suit, EEOC v. Hilton Grand Vacations Company, L.L.C., Case No. 6:09-cv-01673-GAP-DAB

Railway Failed to Promote Woman to Yardmaster Position, Federal Agency Charges

     

BALTIMORE  – One of the nation’s premier transportation companies engaged in unlawful sex  discrimination when it refused to provide a female employee with training  necessary to obtain a pro­motion to a yardmaster position, the Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

     

The  railroad removed Kathryn Class from yardmaster training and replaced her with

Car Dealership Subjected Black Employee to Racial Slurs, Demeaning Tasks and Discharge, Federal Agency Charges

     

SALISBURY, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today, that Salisbury Motor Company, Inc. in Salisbury, N.C., violated federal law by subjecting an African-American employee to a racially hostile work environment and different terms and conditions of employment.  Further, the EEOC said, the company fired the man for complaining.

 

Forging Company Punished Employees for Complaining About Racial Harassment, Federal Agency Charges

     

MILWAUKEE – In a lawsuit filed here today in federal court, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Milwaukee Forge, a Milwaukee forging company, violated federal law by subjecting black employees to a hostile work environment, disciplining them more harshly than white employees, subjecting them to different terms and conditions of employment, and by retaliating against black employees