June 29, 2026
A Georgia federal judge has greenlighted a $99,000 deal JCPenney reached with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to wrap up a suit claiming the department store chain fired a worker for taking time off for chemotherapy sessions, the agency announced Monday.
November 19, 2025
JCPenney illegally fired a warehouse employee after faulting her for taking too much time off work to attend chemotherapy sessions for breast cancer, according to a new suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed in Georgia federal court.