NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Anne Cullen

Campus bookstore operator Barnes & Noble College Booksellers violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it declined to grant additional leave to a part-time cashier with postpartum depression and then sacked her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a new lawsuit filed in a California federal court.

By Corey Rothauser

A staffing company violated federal disability law when it gave a job applicant the cold shoulder after he disclosed that he was deaf and asked for a virtual job interview, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Texas federal court.

By Anne Cullen

Supervisors at a Walmart store in Wisconsin verbally abused two workers with intellectual disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit announced Friday, saying the employees were called "stupid," "slow" and, at least once, a slur.

By Patrick Hoff

A shipbuilder violated federal disability law when it refused to let a woman work after she disclosed her use of medication to manage opioid dependence, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Mississippi federal court.

By Corey Rothauser

A Florida flooring outfit and its parent company allowed rampant sexual harassment by their CEO, causing his executive assistant and two other women to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged.

By Grace Elletson

FedEx fired an employee because she refused to continue working around her former boss who she claimed sexually assaulted her in his locked office, according to a suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed Thursday in Louisiana federal court.

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a Georgia federal judge on Wednesday to grant it partial summary judgment in its disability discrimination lawsuit against a utility services provider that the commission said fired a worker after refusing to accommodate disabilities arising from a stroke. 

By Anne Cullen

A global drilling services provider has agreed to pay $177,500 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into racist harassment at a Nevada facility, the agency announced Thursday.

By Patrick Hoff

A Texas staffing agency violated disability bias law when it fired an employee for requesting several weeks off to attend an outpatient treatment program following a suicide attempt, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday told a federal court.

By Corey Rothauser

A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, dental restoration company violated federal law by firing a newly hired office assistant just days after learning she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court Wednesday.

By Grace Elletson

A California public defender's office has agreed to pay $200,000 to an employee to resolve the worker's claims that a superior sexually harassed them on the job through inappropriate comments and unwanted touching, the state's Civil Rights Department announced Monday.

By Grace Elletson

A medical marijuana business fired an employee soon after she asked to take breaks at work to accommodate her seizure condition, according to a suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Florida federal court.

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday filed suit on behalf of a Georgia woman who was allegedly discriminated against while working as a security officer and then fired when she complained about the "sexually hostile work environment."

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court Thursday that an owner of a Virginia-based home healthcare provider groped female employees and subjected them to unwelcome sexual comments, prompting many to quit.

By Grace Elletson

A California winery has agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it stood by while female employees were subjected to sexual touching and comments on the job and then retaliated against them for speaking up about the mistreatment.

By Patrick Hoff

A Mississippi breakfast restaurant fired an employee just days after she was hired because it learned she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday accused a freight shipping company of unlawfully placing a pregnant employee on unpaid leave rather than accommodating her requests for a limited work schedule and a restriction on lifting.

By Grace Elletson

An assisted living facility wrongfully terminated an employee because she asked to avoid lifting anything on the job that was over 20 pounds while she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claimed in Illinois federal court.

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge officially closed the book on a sexual harassment dispute between a transgender former hog farm worker and the business on Monday, approving a court clerk's judgment acknowledging the parties' settlement following employment regulators' exit from the case.

By Patrick Hoff

An automotive parts supplier unlawfully refused to let a worker continue an apprenticeship because she was a woman in her 60s with fibromyalgia, causing her to lose out on higher pay and employment opportunities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Monday in Michigan federal court.