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Company Agrees to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Pregnant Employees - TAMPA, Fla. – ABC Pest Control, Inc., which provides residential and commercial pest control services across five counties in Florida, entered...more
EEOC Investigation Found Restaurant Fired Worker After Revealing Pregnancy - TACOMA, Wash. – Hoyle Enterprises LLC, doing business as Lady Luck Steakhouse (“Lady Luck”), a local restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, has agreed...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
School Disadvantaged Older Workers and Those With Disabilities or Who Failed Medical Exams, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS – The School City of Hammond, located in Hammond, Ind., will pay up to $70,000 and furnish...more
Federal contractors and subcontractors have numerous affirmative action obligations and only so much time each day to devote to compliance. As a result, some requirements may tend to fall by the wayside as contractors focus...more
Railroad Medical Department Unlawfully Disqualified Workers Because Of Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - PITTSBURGH, P.a. – Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (Norfolk Southern) will...more
Federal Agency Claimed Software Publisher Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodation to Qualified Applicant with Hearing Loss - SAN FRANCISCO – Foster City-based software publisher Guidewire Software, Inc. will pay...more
ALBUQUERQUE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and LifeWell Living Center, LLC have reached a voluntary conciliation agreement to resolve allegations of disability discrimination raised by a former...more
Package Delivery Company to Reimburse Pregnant Employees Not Granted Accommodations Under Company's Former Policy That Would Have Enabled Them to Work - NEW YORK - United Parcel Service, Inc., the world's largest package...more
Agreement to Revise Attendance Policy to Accommodate Employees With Disabilities - BALTIMORE - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), MedStar Health, Inc. and MedStar Ambulatory Services, Inc. announced...more
Retail Poultry Product Provider Fired Employee With a Disability Who Needed Leave for Medical Treatment, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, a leading provider of retail poultry...more
Indianapolis Store Forced Out Employee With Disability After Refusing Accommodation, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS - Walmart Stores East, LP will pay $10,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability charge...more
Many major cities have passed laws prohibiting smoking in public areas. However, smoking still remains a challenge for musicians who perform in smoke-filled clubs in cities lacking those laws. But even if smokers can’t...more
Energy Company Fired Employee Because She Has Dyslexia, Federal Agency Charged - BALTIMORE - Protocall Communications, Inc., a company that markets energy price protection in eight states, will pay $31,000 and furnish...more
Retailer Unlawfully Fired Pregnant Employee Upon Receipt of Medical Information, Federal Agency Charges - HOUSTON - Party supply retail chain Party City Corporation violated federal law when a Texas store fired a...more
Heritage Railroad Failed to Adequately Assess Accommodation for Applicant, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS) has agreed to conciliate a disability discrimination charge with the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: A seemingly innocuous case filed by the EEOC on behalf of a single charging party against a casino operator highlights some of the risks of betting at the conciliation table. Employers take note! As...more
Employer Failed to Grant Leave Extension for Employee With Stress-Anxiety Disorder And Fired Him Instead, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - A Detroit casino operator violated federal law by denying a reasonable...more
Poultry Company Fired Manager While on Approved Leave, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Harrison Poultry, Inc., a poultry hatchery located in Bethlehem, Ga., will pay $100,000 and furnish other relief to settle a...more
Oklahoma Chain Unlawfully Denied Reasonable Accommodations to Workers with Disabilities and Fired Them, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS - Brown-Thompson General Partnership, dba 7-Eleven, a chain of Oklahoma...more
Employee Who Needed To Assist Disabled Son Could Proceed With "Associational Disability Discrimination" Claim - Castro-Ramirez v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc., 246 Cal. App. 4th 180 (2016) - Luis...more
CHICAGO - Presence Health, the largest Catholic healthcare system in Illinois, has agreed to pay $500,000 to conciliate complaints filed with U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pursuant to the Americans with...more
Last week I heard David Lopez, General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, speak about EEOC litigation developments at the annual North Carolina/South Carolina Labor and Employment Law conference....more
DOL Proposes Major Overhaul of Overtime Rules: Why it matters - Expanding the scope of employees eligible for overtime, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited new rules revising the white collar...more
The Supreme Court of the United States is ending its summer recess and will start hearing oral arguments next week. There are seven key cases on the Court’s docket for the current term that could affect retailers. Here is a...more