Discrimination, Pregnancy, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Walgreens Pays $205,000 in EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/20/2024

Settles Federal Charges That Alexandria Pharmacy Refused to Allow Pregnant Worker Emergency Medical Leave, Forcing Her to Quit - NEW ORLEANS – Pharmacy and retailer Walgreens Co. has agreed to pay $205,000 and provide...more

The EEOC’s Plan to Root Out Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/29/2024

Remember last year when we repeatedly posted about the Pregnant Worker Fairness Act (PWFA) and the PUMP Act telling you that the EEOC was going to have pregnancy discrimination on its radar? Recent activity from the EEOC...more

Seventh Circuit Upholds Exclusion of Pregnant Workers from Temporary Alternative Duty Policy

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/6/2022

In a recent decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that an employer did not violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) despite excluding pregnant workers from its “Temporary Alternative...more

DoodyCalls Will Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/15/2020

Pet Waste Removal Company Fired Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Charlottesville, Va.-based DoodyCalls, a leading pet waste removal company, will pay $40,000 and provide significant equitable relief to...more

New Orleans Towing Company Sued by EEOC For Breaching Settlement Agreement

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/13/2018

Company Refused to Pay Money Pursuant to Settlement Agreement It Signed at EEOC Mediation of Pregnancy Discrimination Charge, Federal Agency Charges - NEW ORLEANS - TRU Towing Auto, a New Orleans-based towing business,...more

EEOC Sues Restaurant Maurizio’s Trattoria Italiana for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/14/2018

Restaurant Discriminated Against and Fired Female Employee After Learning She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - SAN DIEGO - Maurizio's Trattoria Italiana, LLC, a fine-dining Italian restaurant in Encinitas near San...more

Silverado to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/30/2018

Residential Care Provider Refused to Put Pregnant Worker on Light Duty and Fired Her Instead, Federal Agency Had Charged - MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Silverado, a network of memory care, at-home care, and hospice care centers,...more

EEOC Sues Silverado for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/22/2017

Residential Care Provider Refused to Keep Pregnant Worker on the Job Working Light Duty and Instead Fired Her, Federal Agency Charges - MILWAUKEE - Residential care provider Silverado violated federal law when it fired an...more

You Might Feel a Small Stick: EEOC Sues on Failure to Accommodate Phlebotomist

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/17/2017

If an employer provides a temporary reassignment to accommodate an employee’s disability/pregnancy restrictions, does it have to return her to that assignment after her maternity leave? The EEOC seems to think so. In Equal...more

Is Your Parental Leave Policy Discriminatory?

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/1/2017

Still think only moms are the primary caregivers for children? That ’50s era mindset is the subject of an ACLU charge of discrimination recently filed with the EEOC claiming that JPMorgan Chase’s parental leave policy...more

EEOC Awarded $118,483 Judgment against Receivable Management for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/2/2017

Hackensack Firm Rescinded a Promotion After Learning That Worker Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - NEWARK, N.J. - A federal judge has entered a default judgment of $118,483 against a Hackensack debt collection firm...more

Carolina Creek to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/18/2017

Christian Camp Demoted Employee Because of Her Pregnancy and a Related Complication, Then Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - Carolina Creek Christian Camp, Inc., a Huntsville, Texas-area...more

Brown & Brown Insurance Brokerage Firm Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit for $100,000

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/4/2017

Job Offer Rescinded After Company Learned of Applicant's Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - ORLANDO, Fla. - Daytona Beach-based insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown will pay $100,000 and furnish significant relief to...more

Harassment Discrimination Covers the Waterfront

Ruder Ware on 3/7/2017

We have always been concerned about the extent to which employees or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) could claim they were suffering from harassment in the workplace. Recent guidance from the EEOC...more

EEOC's New Strategic Enforcement Plan Takes Aim at Gig Economy, Other Emerging Workforce Issues

Littler on 10/19/2016

On October 17, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) approved an updated Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) for fiscal years 2017–2021, setting out its priorities and strategies for the near term. The SEP...more

Motel 6 Sued By EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/1/2016

New Orleans Motel Placed Employee on Unwanted Leave of Absence, Federal Agency Charges - NEW ORLEANS - G6 Hospitality, dba Motel 6, unlawfully placed a pregnant employee on leave solely because of the fact that she was...more

Failure to Promote Employee on Maternity Leave Results in Litigation

FordHarrison on 10/21/2015

When the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) was enacted in 1978, employers were clearly put on notice that they are forbidden from discriminating on the basis of pregnancy. Unfortunately, charges of pregnancy discrimination...more

Supreme Court Vacates 4th Circuit in UPS Pregnancy Discrimination Case, But Rejects EEOC's "Most Favored Employee" Argument

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 3/26/2015

Since the case was argued on December 3, 2014, practitioners and clients alike have been anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court's decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. That wait is over as the Supreme Court issued a...more

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