Federal employees and applicants filed 16,974 complaints of employment discrimination in fiscal year 2011, down about 3.5 percent from 2010. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) annual report, retaliation was the most frequently alleged basis of discrimination …
It started with allegations of hangman’s nooses, graffiti and racist comments targeting a handful of black workers at a trucking company warehouse in Chicago Ridge, Ill. Four years later, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had turned the case into a …
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal appeals court Monday to reconsider a ruling that could hurt its ability to pursue class-action discrimination lawsuits on behalf of workers in the Midwest. The agency filed a petition asking the 8th …
A federal agency is accusing auto-parts retailer AutoZone Inc. of illegally firing an employee because of her disability. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit against AutoZone this week. The EEOC says the company fired a manager …
Job discrimination complaints in the United States rose to an all-time high last year, led by an increase in bias charges based on religion and national origin. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says it received nearly 100,000 charges of discrimination …
An Ashland, Kentucky, credit card processing company has agreed to pay $365,000 to 11 former employees who said they were sexually harassed by the company’s owner. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against MMS Resources Inc. over the …
The federal government has filed suit against BAE Systems alleging the company has violated disability laws by firing a morbidly obese employee at its Houston-area plant. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s lawsuit says the Virginia-based firm that makes military vehicles …
A Napa insurance company has agreed to pay $230,000 to two female employees who claimed they were fired after complaining about sexual harassment. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Doctors Co. agreed to the settlement with Kimber Thompson, a former …
Technology giant 3M has agreed to pay a total of $3 million to several hundred former employees who accused the company of age discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday. The EEOC sued 3M in U.S. District Court …
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued a national insurance company, contending the firm violated federal law by refusing to hire a North Carolina man after he disclosed he was participating in a methadone treatment program for a drug …