NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Benjamin Morse

A Verizon retailer based in North Carolina will pay $70,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it rescinded a new hire's job offer after she sought time off to attend an ultrasound.

By Corey Rothauser

An Alabama convenience store operator will pay $40,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging it fired a disabled cashier after co-workers mocked him and retaliated against him for complaining, according to a consent decree filed Thursday.

By Patrick Hoff

A classic car dealership and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have ended a lawsuit claiming a company executive made inappropriate sexual comments and pressured an office manager to send him nude photos, according to an order in Illinois federal court Thursday.

By Grace Elletson

A Missouri federal judge declined to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a waste management company refused to hire a woman for a driver position out of gender bias, ruling a jury needs to decide whether a manager's discouraging comments amounted to prejudice.

By Anne Cullen

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has brokered a $30,000 settlement with a Maryland Chevrolet dealership that the agency accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying a Navy veteran's request to bring his service dog to work, forcing him to leave his job.

By Vin Gurrieri

A California animal hospital will pay $20,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into allegations that it illegally fired a worker because he asked to be exempted from a mandatory training seminar that cut against his religious beliefs.

By Grace Elletson

A cafe chain told a California federal judge Tuesday that it has agreed to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a manager created a sexually hostile work environment by inappropriately touching and commenting on young workers' bodies.

By Patrick Hoff

A Fayetteville, North Carolina, dental practice will pay $61,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into allegations that it fired an employee who said she needed to wear a skirt instead of pants because of her religious beliefs.

By Patrick Hoff

A Texas-based crane service provider will pay $525,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it allowed a field manager to use racial slurs toward Black employees and forced out a white worker who complained, according to federal court filings.

By Amanda Ottaway

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the Mayo Clinic on Wednesday of unlawfully threatening to fire a security guard who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine for religious reasons.

By Grace Elletson

The Fifth Circuit said an ex-maintenance worker who won his wrongful termination suit against a school district should be reinstated, faulting the lower court for finding that he couldn't be given a job because his previous position had been filled.

By Vin Gurrieri

Several Catholic groups said they will ask the Fifth Circuit to consider whether a lower court safeguarded their religious rights in a ruling finding the EEOC's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations can't mandate accommodations for elective abortions, and the commission settled one of its first PWFA lawsuits for $55,000. Here, Law360 looks at notable EEOC litigation developments from the past week.

By Grace Elletson

The Florida Supreme Court backed the reinstatement Thursday of an ex-Steak 'n Shake worker's disability bias suit claiming he was fired after suffering a back injury, ruling he didn't need to invoke the state's civil rights law in his presuit bias charge to pursue his claims in court.

By Grace Elletson

A mental health organization urged a North Carolina federal judge to ax classwide claims from a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a male supervisor harassed female co-workers with unwanted hugs and sexual comments, arguing the case lacks necessary details about the collective allegations.

By Carolyn Muyskens

A Michigan hospital must face the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's claim that it violated federal disability law by not transferring a nurse who suffers from a metabolic disorder to a less-demanding role, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

By Patrick Hoff

A Wisconsin winter sports park unlawfully fired a Christian manager who posted Bible passages it perceived as homophobic, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in complaint Wednesday.

By Patrick Hoff

A container terminal operator in Oakland, California, has agreed to pay $200,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into claims that it refused to accommodate a mechanic's disability, the agency said Wednesday.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a spate of new cases as June ended, including suits alleging that an executive asked a worker to enter a sexual contract, a company required an applicant to take an electrocardiogram, and Walmart pushed out a worker returning from COVID-19 leave. Here, Law360 takes a look at seven lawsuits the EEOC filed Monday.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must take to trial most of its lawsuit alleging a pediatric clinic fired an employee because of her anxiety, a Georgia federal judge ruled Friday, saying jurors should weigh the clinic's evidence suggesting it would've been impractical to let her work remotely.

By Patrick Hoff

Educational publisher Pearson Education Inc. violated federal disability law when it failed to ensure visually impaired workers could access trainings and view benefits through online platforms, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a New Jersey federal court Friday.