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By Grace Elletson

A pain clinic and an Arkansas hospital have agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming they fired a physician assistant for participating in a sexual harassment investigation into one of the clinic's owners.

By Grace Elletson

An insulation contractor struck a $40,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to settle a suit claiming its owner sexually harassed an office manager for years by inappropriately touching her and spreading rumors about her sex life.

By Grace Elletson

The Sixth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a former brewery worker's suit claiming he was suspended out of retaliation for complaining that a supervisor made inappropriate comments about a back injury he faced, ruling he couldn't overcome a workplace investigation that found he was a "toxic employee."

By Grace Elletson

A Colorado federal judge tossed a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming an appliance retailer illegally fired a worker who requested more medical leave to treat her long COVID, ruling the agency failed to show how she made a formal accommodation request.

By Grace Elletson

A subsidiary of car rental giant Enterprise asked a Florida federal judge Wednesday to approve a $1.8 million deal that aims to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the company refused to hire older applicants for a management training program.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday it reached a pair of deals worth $145,000 with a Virginia-based Dairy Queen franchise after finding evidence that female workers, some of them teenagers, faced sexual harassment at two of its locations.

By Kelcey Caulder

The operators of warehouse club retail store Sam's Club will pay $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a worker was refused accommodations and ultimately fired after attempting to return to work following an automobile accident.

By Grace Elletson

A school district labor union has agreed to pay $110,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it discriminated against a Black custodian by challenging his promotion, according to a聽filing Thursday in Illinois federal court.

By Gina Kim

The Carlstar Group has urged a Tennessee federal judge to toss the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's complaint alleging it has a practice of discriminating against workers who legally took narcotics for long-term injuries, arguing the agency lacks a three-member quorum and the authority to determine whether to sue the tire maker.聽

By Jack McLoone

A property management company reached a $200,000 settlement to end an EEOC lawsuit accusing it of punishing an employee for taking medical leave to recover from a stroke by placing her on a performance improvement plan, the parties said Tuesday.

By Corey Rothauser

A northern Indiana bakery agreed to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of failing to accommodate an employee with a disability, according to a consent decree filed Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday that it asked a New Mexico federal judge to enforce subpoenas seeking testimony from school administrators in a workplace investigation into Native American bias, after the district balked at the probe and called it a "fishing expedition."

By Grace Elletson

A Washington, D.C., federal judge refused to throw out a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a janitorial company targeted Hispanic employees in a round of layoffs, saying a jury should weigh the company's argument that workers with the least seniority and qualifications got the boot.

By Anne Cullen

Midwest gas and convenience store chain Kwik Trip has agreed to pay $35,000 after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found reasonable cause to believe it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by bungling a kitchen worker's request for an accommodation.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a North Carolina federal court Tuesday that a meat processing company violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act by forcing a pregnant laborer onto unpaid leave and eventually firing her rather than offering light-duty work or other job modifications doctors had recommended.

By Grace Elletson

An Arkansas federal jury sided with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on claims that a metal stamping company fired three workers for complaining about sexual harassment, but handed out modest recoveries, with two of the workers walking away with only $2 each.

By Grace Elletson

A sports bar chain told a North Carolina federal judge Monday that it has agreed to pay $1.1 million to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the company refused to hire men for front-facing staff positions.

By Bonnie Eslinger

A Virginia federal judge has sided with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in finding that the new owner of a food hall located in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C., has successor liability in a former employee's discrimination suit alleging a manager used racial slurs.

By Anne Cullen

Buffalo Wild Wings has agreed to pay $47,500 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it turned away a woman seeking a server position because she wore long skirts due to her faith, according to settlement documents filed Wednesday in Georgia federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A staffing company has inked a $217,500 deal to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it refused a Muslim job-seeker work because he requested a longer lunch break on Fridays to pray, according to the proposed consent decree filed in Washington federal court.