NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Anne Cullen

Pennsylvania-based healthcare system Geisinger Health and two related entities have agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the organization's leave policy bucked the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to settlement documents filed Friday.

By Abigail Harrison

A trucking company has agreed to pay a former applicant $50,000 as part of a consent decree to end a lawsuit in North Carolina federal court from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the company turned the job seeker away because he is deaf.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has accused a cemetery and funeral home operator of discriminating against Black employees by denying them access to "preferred" bathroom and break room spaces reserved for white employees and firing a supervisor who didn't block a bias charge.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating whether Napa Auto Parts discriminated against Black job applicants, according to a Texas federal court filing Thursday that accused the company of failing to comply with the agency's demands for information.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Nike in Missouri federal court Wednesday, claiming the sports apparel giant hasn't complied with demands for information in a probe assessing whether Nike discriminated against white workers through diversity, equity and inclusion policies.

By Grace Elletson

A hotel management company refused to provide a pregnant employee with an adequate chair and pushed a front desk clerk to work Saturday overnight shifts even though that conflicted with his duties as an assistant pastor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Illinois federal court.

By Anne Cullen

A California produce processing operation has agreed to pay $900,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging higher-ups looked the other way while female employees faced pervasive sexual harassment. 

By Grace Elletson

A building supply company agreed to a $26,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to end a suit alleging the business fired a 67-year-old worker out of age and disability discrimination after claiming he arrived to work with a limp, the agency said.

By Grace Elletson

A pair of seafood restaurants will pay $34,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sex harassment suit claiming the businesses allowed a male employee to continue working with a female colleague even after he had been arrested for exposing himself to her.

By Grace Elletson

Two Taco Bell franchisees agreed to pay $100,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming they did not act swiftly enough to remove a supervisor who sexually harassed underage workers, according to a filing Tuesday in Michigan federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A Jack in the Box franchisee will pay $50,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sexual harassment suit claiming the business stood by while a male general manager masturbated in front of female workers and groped them on the job.

By Vin Gurrieri

A McDonald's franchisee in Oklahoma has agreed to pay $80,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing it of failing to remove a manager who sexually harassed and threatened to rape a female teenage employee, according to an Oklahoma federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A freight delivery company has agreed to pay $47,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit that said it yanked a job offer from a deaf applicant after she asked for a sign language interpreter.

By Grace Elletson

A Virginia food hall has agreed to pay $54,000 to resolve an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business's owner created a hostile work environment by using a racial slur and making racist comments to a Black general manager.

By Grace Elletson

A Subway franchisee agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business didn't have the proper safeguards in place to prevent abuse when a teen worker was sexually assaulted on the job by his boss.

By Grace Elletson

A Jewish law student association and other groups urged a federal judge to let them step in and oppose the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's efforts to craft a "registry" of Jewish students and staff at the University of Pennsylvania, saying the agency's information push evokes "a terrifying history."

By Anne Cullen

A Motel 6 operator in Florida agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a charge filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging a worker was forced out of her job because of disability discrimination, the agency announced Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

An Illinois federal judge recommended that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission be allowed to conduct site visits at a packaging company the agency is probing for possible hiring bias, rejecting the company's claim that the visits would be too burdensome.

By Corey Rothauser

An Austin, Texas-based staffing nonprofit will pay $160,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it fired an employee after she requested unpaid medical leave to attend a mental health treatment program. 

By Grace Elletson

KFC will pay $200,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into claims that the company ignored sexual harassment at a Florida restaurant, the EEOC said Tuesday.