NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Grace Elletson

A company that owns movie theaters has agreed to settle an age discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming it yanked a worker's health insurance after he turned 65 and later forced him to retire during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Thy Vo

A Colorado federal judge was skeptical Monday that he, rather than a jury, should be the one to decide whether a seafood restaurant fired a worker because of her nationality or because she drank alcohol before a shift, in a suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

By Patrick Hoff

Hooters isn't making good on its agreement to shell out $250,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming one of its restaurants refused to rehire Black employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC told a North Carolina federal court.

By Grace Elletson

A pet care facility has reached a deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to close a disability discrimination suit claiming it illegally yanked job offers from workers who tested positive for medication legally prescribed to them by doctors under a "zero tolerance" drug policy.

By Sydney Price

A Washington federal judge has rejected mortgage and financial services company Covius Services LLC's bid for attorney fees after it defeated an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employment suit alleging that it unlawfully refused to hire a woman because she took pain medication, saying the mortgage company had not shown that the suit was ill-conceived.

By Grace Elletson

A transgender woman who claims she was harassed while working at a hog farm told an Illinois federal judge she wants to take over the lawsuit, after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dropped the case because the federal government stopped recognizing transgender individuals.

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.