Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. A&A Appliance, Inc.

  1. August 16, 2024

    EEOC Agrees To Pay Atty Fees For Doc Delays In COVID Suit

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agreed to pay a Colorado appliance company $1,800 in attorney fees for the agency's delays in turning over a worker's communications with her doctor in a disability bias suit. 

  2. August 07, 2024

    Judge Sanctions EEOC For Doc Delays In Long-COVID Suit

    A Colorado federal judge doubted Wednesday that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission looked hard enough for a worker's communications with their doctor in a patient portal, awarding an appliance company attorney fees as sanctions for the agency's failure to turn over the documents sooner. 

  3. July 03, 2024

    Judge Trims Retailer's Defenses In Long COVID EEOC Suit

    A Colorado federal judge struck several of an appliance retailer's affirmative defenses Wednesday in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it wrongfully terminated a worker who asked for more time off to deal with long COVID symptoms.

  4. January 01, 2024

    4 EEOC Cases Attorneys Should Watch In 2024

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's current docket includes several cases addressing tricky workplace issues like vaccine exemptions, misgendering and long COVID, lawsuits that experts said could spur much-needed clarity from the courts. Here are four EEOC cases to watch in 2024.

  5. September 25, 2023

    EEOC Says Appliance Retailer Fired Worker With Long COVID

    An appliance retailer in Colorado fired a sales associate after she asked for extra time off to deal with long COVID symptoms, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a recent lawsuit.