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Credit Card Company Subjected Blacks to Racial Slurs and Insults, Agency Charged 

PHOENIX – NPMG Acquisition Sub, LLC, a Phoenix credit card processing company, will pay $415,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that NPMG subjected a group of African American workers to racial slurs and epithets.

EEOC Says Poultry Processor Fired Black Employee for Complaining About Racism

RALEIGH, N.C. – Mountaire Farms of North Carolina Corp. unlawfully retaliated against a former employee because she complained about race discrimination and filed a discrimination charge, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges in a lawsuit filed today.  Mountaire Farms is a poultry processor that operates a facility in Lumber Bridge, N.C., and employs approximately 2,500 people nationwide.

Festiva Resorts Took No Action to Stop Female Supervisor's Sexual Comments and Physical Harassment of Male Salesperson, Federal Agency Charges

ATLANTA – In a sexual harassment lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina (No. 2:09-cv-02420), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Festiva Resort Services, Inc., which boasts a wide array of resorts throughout the United States and Caribbean, took no action to stop a female

Flooring Company Paid Blacks and Hispanics Less Than  White Employees, Federal Agency Charges

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Carolina Marble & Tile Co., a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based flooring company, discriminated against blacks and Hispanics by paying them less than their white counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit, Carolina Marble & Tile discriminated against James E. Ham, who is black, and other

EEOC Charges Temporary Agency Failed to Protect Women From Abuse at Pittsburgh Plastics

PITTSBURGH  -- A global Fortune 500 staffing company failed to take appropriate action when  its employees complained about egregious sexual harassment at a plastic  manufacturing plant to which they had been assigned, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According  to the EEOC’s suit, Adecco USA  assigned Veronica Jalpa and a number of

Japanese Supermarket Paid Hispanics Less Than Asians, Federal Agency Charges

NEWARK – A Japanese specialty supermarket in Edgewater, N.J., discriminated against Hispanic employees by paying them less than non-Hispanic workers, almost all of whom are Asian, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. Mitsuwa Marketplace specializes in selling Japanese food, beverages, desserts, groceries and other products.

In EEOC v. Mitsuwa Corp., d/b/a Mitsuwa Marketplace, filed in

Department Manager Subjected Women to Egregious Sexual Harassment, Agency Charges

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland supermarket chain Dave's Supermarket violated federal law by subjecting female employees to a workplace environment permeated with sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit (Case No. 1:09cv2119), filed in U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division, a long-term male

EEOC Obtains $170,000 for Female Employees Harassed by Executive Director At the Center of Previous Lawsuit

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA-AK) has agreed to provide $170,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that its executive director targeted four female employees for severe harassment because of their gender, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.  This is EEOC's second lawsuit against

EEOC Sued Software Company for Retaliation Against Muslim Worker

PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a 2006 unanimous federal court jury verdict finding Go Daddy Software, Inc. had retaliated against Youssef Bouamama when it fired him for complaining about discriminatory comments against him.  The EEOC sued Go Daddy on Bouamama's behalf.

Federal Agency Charged Hotel Fired Employee for Refusing to Work on Her Sabbath

MEMPHIS – Generation Properties II, LLC, doing business as  Staybridge Suites, a Research Triangle Park, N.C., based hotel chain, will pay  $27,500 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal  Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The  EEOC’s lawsuit (Civil Action No. 2:08-cv-02420, filed in U.S. District Court  for the Western

Federal Agency Charges Company Made Medical Inquires and Conducted Medical Exams Prohibited by the ADA

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A  Michigan-based automotive parts company violated federal law when it conducted  blanket drug tests of all of its production employees at its Lawrenceburg, Tenn.,  manufacturing facility, including testing for lawfully prescribed drugs, the  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges in a lawsuit  announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit (Civil

Court Had Issued Writ of Body Attachment for Principal of ShoreKare, LLC

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said today that United States Marshals had escorted the owner and registered agent of ShoreKare, LLC, a local health care provider, to an appearance before District Judge Amy St. Eve yesterday. The judge had issued a "writ of body attachment" for the businessman for failing to comply with

Women at N.C. Stores Subjected to Sexual Comments, Propositions and Touching by Male Supervisor, Federal Agency Charged

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Dolgencorp, LLC, doing business as Dollar General, violated federal law by subjecting a class of female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.  The EEOC's lawsuit further charged that one woman had to resign from her job because of

EEOC Resolves Class Case Against Insurance Giant Over Rehiring Policy Which Adversely Impacted Older Workers During Companywide Reorganization

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a major settlement of an age discrimination  class lawsuit against Allstate Insurance Company, one of the nation’s largest  insurers, for $4,500,000 to be paid to approximately 90 older former employees,  in addition to significant remedial relief.

In its lawsuit, filed in October  2004 under the

Black Employee Called 'N-Word' and Other Racial Slurs, Then Fired for Complaining, EEOC Charged

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Kannapolis, N.C.-based supplier of forklift and Bobcat loaders agreed to pay $21,000 and furnish substantial non-monetary relief to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged that an African American mechanic was subjected to a racially hostile work

Federal Agency Says 'One Year and You're Out' and 'No Accommodation, No Restrictions' Rules Violate Americans With Disabilities Act

CHICAGO – Jewel-Osco, an operating unit of  national grocery giant Supervalu, Inc., has been violating federal  anti-discrimination law by its leave and disability policies, the U.S. Equal  Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed  today.

According to the EEOC’s suit,  Jewel-Osco is alleged to have refused to allow qualified employees with  disabilities who

Ambulance Service Fired Jehovah's Witness Employee for Refusing to Participate in Halloween Carnival, Federal Agency Charges

ORANGEBURG, S.C. – A Bowman, S.C.-based ambulance service illegally fired an emergency medical technician, who is a Jehovah's Witness, for refusing to participate in a Halloween carnival, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a religious discrimination lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit (Civil Action No. 5:09-cv-02391 in U.S. District Court

Black Employees Subjected to Racial Insults, Federal Agency Charges

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Stokesdale, N.C.-based Yates Construction Company, Inc. violated federal law by subjecting African American employees to a racially hostile environment and by firing one of its African-American employees for complaining about the situation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC's complaint, in 2007 and 2008 Rodney McCants

Texas Oilfield Company Fired Worker for Complaining About Harassment Because He Is Not Hispanic, Federal Agency Charged

DALLAS – An Alice, Texas-based oilfield service company will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race, national origin and retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  The EEOC had charged the company's Hispanic supervisors discriminated against a parts department employee because of his race (Caucasian) and

Company Denied Job Accommodation to Disabled Employee And Required Improper Medical Examinations of All New Hires, Federal Agency Says

MILWAUKEE – The largest  metal food can supplier in North America, Silgan Containers Manufacturing  Corporation, violated federal law by discriminating against a disabled employee  at its plant in Oconomowoc,  Wis., the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The  agency’s administrative investigation which preceded the lawsuit revealed that since  early