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By Benjamin Morse

A substance abuse recovery center will pay nearly $66,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability bias suit alleging it asked job applicants about their health, refused to hire someone because she had migraines and fired an alcoholic worker, according to an Ohio federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dropped a suit against a food delivery company claiming it failed to fulfill its end of a settlement resolving a former worker's disability bias charge, telling a Virginia federal court that the company paid the missing cash.

By Grace Elletson

A plastics manufacturer will pay a Black former worker $60,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit brought in Wisconsin federal court claiming the business fired him days after he complained that a white worker leveled racial slurs at him.

By Patrick Hoff

A mortgage and financial services company on Friday defeated a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it unlawfully refused to hire a woman because she took pain medication, after a Washington federal judge ruled midtrial that a key piece of evidence shouldn't have been shown to jurors.

By Kelcey Caulder

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday announced that it filed suit against The Kroger Co. in Georgia federal court for firing an employee who complained about alleged workplace discrimination stemming from a disability caused by breast cancer treatments.

By Grace Elletson

A security company stopped scheduling an officer for shifts after she repeatedly requested proper break time and a private space to pump breast milk following her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a suit filed in D.C. federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched a wave of new cases as the Biden administration came to an end, including suits accusing AT&T of unlawfully reassigning workers based on their weight and DHL of allowing widespread sexual harassment in a Tennessee facility. Here, Law360 takes a look at six lawsuits filed by the federal bias watchdog on Friday.

By Emily Brill

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is challenging a General Motors policy that limits disability payments to Social Security recipients, accusing GM and the United Auto Workers in a lawsuit filed Friday in Indiana federal court of violating the Age Discrimination in Employment Act by negotiating the policy.

By Patrick Hoff

Automobile maker FCA US LLC allowed sexual harassment to run rampant at a Detroit assembly plant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in federal court Friday, claiming the company ignored and pushed out women who complained about male colleagues' lewd comments.

By Patrick Hoff

Sam's Club fired a food processor because she requested light-duty assignments following a car accident, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged Friday in Georgia federal court, saying the retailer based its decision on company policies barring accommodations for injuries sustained outside the workplace.

By Patrick Hoff

A Wyoming trucking company will pay $124,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming its owner subjected female drivers to inappropriate and offensive sexual comments almost daily, according to federal court filings.

By Patrick Hoff

A New York restaurant and brewery agreed to pay $225,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it refused to schedule two bartenders because of their manageable health conditions, according to a federal court filing.

By Grace Elletson

Walmart urged an Illinois federal judge to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming it never called back a deaf job applicant after he said he needed an American Sign Language interpreter, arguing that he's responsible for the breakdown in communication.

By Patrick Hoff

A Minnesota senior living facility falsely accused a worker of misconduct and ultimately forced her out for failing to disclose her pregnancy before accepting a promotion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a federal suit against the company.

By Patrick Hoff

A chemical company asked a Missouri federal court for nearly $372,000 in attorney fees following its jury win over a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit, arguing Wednesday the agency should've known its case alleging the company failed to prevent an employee's racist slurs was flimsy.

By Amanda Ottaway

The sprawling reach of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County may get rolled back in 2025, experts say, as the Democratic-led agencies that have helped usher in a broad interpretation of the ruling cede power to President-elect Donald Trump's coming administration. Here, Law360 looks at three open questions that experts have about the future of the ruling's impact.

By Grace Elletson

United Airlines struck a $99,000 deal with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to resolve a suit claiming a Mongolian former worker faced racist harassment on the job that rose to a physical altercation with a supervisor, the agency announced.

By Grace Elletson

A New York federal judge declined Monday to transfer a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit to Louisiana claiming a property management company fired an employee because she became pregnant, ruling the business didn't show the move would be more convenient.

By Irene Spezzamonte

An Alabama medical center will shell out $60,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming the organization showed an employee the exit door after requesting to switch departments following a back injury she sustained at work.

By Patrick Hoff

A Virginia-based food delivery service failed to abide by an agreement resolving U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allegations that it refused to accommodate and ultimately terminated an employee because of her disability, leaving thousands of dollars in damages unpaid, the agency said in a federal lawsuit.