NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Patrick Hoff

Walmart agreed to pay $415,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it didn't properly address a store manager's aggressive sexual harassment of female employees, according to a filing in West Virginia federal court.

By Grace Elletson

Convenience store chain Sheetz can't reduce the time period targeted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a race bias suit over the company's screening of job applicants for criminal convictions, a Pennsylvania federal judge said.

By Benjamin Morse

A manufacturing company will pay $40,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it unlawfully fired a worker who took time off because of a seizure disorder, according to a federal court filing. 

By Emmy Freedman

An auto parts manufacturer urged a Tennessee federal court Tuesday to toss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit alleging the company favored men in hiring decisions and failed to promote qualified women, saying the agency didn't first try to discuss the allegations with the company before suing it.

By Irene Spezzamonte

A healthcare provider will shell out $26,000 in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing it of wage discrimination, after a Pennsylvania federal judge signed off on the deal Monday.

By Grace Elletson

Two nonbinary former Lush Cosmetics workers asked a California judge to let them intervene in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the business let a manager sexually harass them, after the agency dropped the case following an executive order from President Donald Trump.

By Grace Elletson

A healthcare housekeeping provider has agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it failed to act when a housekeeper repeatedly complained that a male co-worker sexually harassed and assaulted her.

By Grace Elletson

A port terminal operator must face a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the operator unlawfully refused to reinstate a worker after he took medical leave, a Virginia federal judge found, ruling that it's unclear whether a union grievance he filed precludes his suit.

By Grace Elletson

A Tennessee federal judge ruled that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can't revive allegations that Supreme Staffing LLC unlawfully fired Black workers in tandem with a client, saying the allegation could have been brought in earlier suits the agency lodged against the staffing company.

By Patrick Hoff

A Michigan-based Taco Bell franchisee failed to intervene when a regional manager repeatedly made sexual comments to and groped female colleagues, including several under 18, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a federal lawsuit.

By Benjamin Morse

A manufacturing company will pay $55,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it pulled a manufacturing engineer's job offer after learning he had hearing loss.

By Grace Elletson

A Florida federal judge said Thursday that Advance Auto Parts can't toss race harassment claims from a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming LGBTQ and Black workers faced mistreatment at one of its stores, ruling the agency didn't need to limit the suit to an initial charge's allegations.

By Benjamin Morse

Two staffing companies will pay $60,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging they yanked an applicant's job offer for a welding position at a sawmill because he suffered a knee injury in the past, according to a Georgia federal court filing.

By Corey Rothauser

A North Carolina federal judge on Monday rejected Battleground Restaurants Inc.'s bid to dismiss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's lawsuit alleging the company systematically refused to hire men for front-of-house jobs at its Kickback Jack's sports bar, saying the commission has met the pleading standards for the claims.

By Benjamin Morse

An Atlanta-based company that contracts with mine sites will pay $25,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it would not hire a worker to drive a dump truck because he's a right-arm amputee, according to a Georgia federal court filing.

By Benjamin Morse

An assisted living facility in Florida will pay $20,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it fired a certified nursing assistant after learning she was pregnant, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

A resort in Guam will pay $1.4 million to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it gave Japanese workers better pay and working conditions than their non-Japanese peers, according to a court filing Wednesday.

By Benjamin Morse

A Maryland plant nursery agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing it of refusing to bring a laborer back after she took time off to deal with a pregnancy, according to court documents.

By Grace Elletson

A resort in Guam gave better wages and working conditions to Japanese workers over those of a different national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday in an employment discrimination suit in federal court.

By Benjamin Morse

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss its suit claiming a hotel operator unlawfully fired a nonbinary worker, pointing to President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that the government recognizes only two sexes.