Category Archives: Employment Lawyer
Convenience Store Chain Sheetz Hit With Discrimination In Hiring Lawsuit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently filed a lawsuit against Sheetz convenience store chains over a hiring policy that the EEOC said unfairly discriminated against minority candidates. According to the EEOC, Sheetz Inc., which operates more than 700 stores across 6 states, discriminated against Black, Native American, and multiracial job seekers by automatically… Read More »
EEOC Fines Wellness Center $95,000 For Disability Discrimination
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently fined Nature’s Herb and Wellness Center $95,000 to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Nature’s Herbs failed to provide a disabled employee with a reasonable accommodation after she informed her manager of the disability and requested an accommodation. When the employee… Read More »
EEOC Files Suit Against Glunt Industries And Merit Capital Partners For Sex Discrimination In Hiring
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that it filed a lawsuit against Glunt Industries, Inc. and Merit Capital Partners IV, LLC. According to the EEOC, the companies engaged in class-wide sex discrimination against women by failing to hire them for production jobs. Further, the lawsuit contends that the companies discriminated against their… Read More »
Popeye’s Chicken And Biscuits Sued After Firing Pregnant Worker
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently filed notice that Sailormen, Inc., doing business as a Popeye’s Chicken & Biscuits, has agreed to conciliate a federal charge involving allegations that the company violated the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. According to the EEOC’s charge,… Read More »
Pharmacy Chain Sued For Sexual Harassment, Constructive Discharge
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Farmacias Carimas, a retail pharmacy chain in Puerto Rico. The EEOC alleges that a manager subjected a female employee to a sexually hostile work environment which ultimately forced the employee to resign (constructive discharge). According to the lawsuit, the nephew of… Read More »
LM Wind Power, Inc. Pays $125,000 To Settle Claims Of Racial Discrimination
The manufacturer and supplier of wind turbine blades, LM Wind Power, Inc., has agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Black employee’s supervisors and co-workers subjected him to pervasive racial harassment. This included subjecting… Read More »
EEOC Sues Staffing Agency For Disqualifying Candidate Based On Religious Accommodation
The EEOC has recently filed suit against a Washington-based staffing and recruiting agency for violating federal law after the company rejected a qualified job applicant who asked for a religious accommodation to attend Friday prayer. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Logic Staffing invited the applicant to interview at its headquarters the day after receiving… Read More »