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</h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>ATLANTA – Reliable Maintenance Solutions, Inc., which provides quarry services for mine sites in Georgia, will pay $25,000 and undertake remedial measures to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.</p><p>The EEOC charged that, in March 2021, Reliable refused to hire an experienced applicant for a heavy equipment operation position because of his disability. The applicant is a right-arm amputee with years of</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 25, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/cpg-staffing-and-executive-personnel-group-pay-60000-settle-eeoc-disability-discrimination" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/cpg-staffing-and-executive-personnel-group-pay-60000-settle-eeoc-disability-discrimination" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">CPG Staffing and Executive Personnel Group Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>ATLANTA – C.W. Inc. (doing business as CPG Staffing) and Executive Personnel Group, LLC, sister staffing companies that assign employees to construction industry clients, agreed to pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.</p><p>The EEOC suit alleged that CPG Staffing and Executive Personnel rescinded a welding applicant’s job offer after learning from a post-offer medical questionnaire that he had</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 25, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/president-trump-renominates-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/president-trump-renominates-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">President Trump Renominates Andrea R. Lucas to EEOC</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Donald J. Trump has renominated Acting Chair Andrea R. Lucas to another five-year term at the EEOC. Lucas has served as a member of the EEOC since 2020, having been nominated by President Trump during his first term.</p><p>“I am honored to be nominated by President Trump to serve a second term at the EEOC, our nation’s premier civil rights agency enforcing</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 25, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/hhs-environmental-pay-400000-eeoc-sexual-harassment-lawsuit" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/hhs-environmental-pay-400000-eeoc-sexual-harassment-lawsuit" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">HHS Environmental to Pay $400,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>SALT LAKE CITY – HHS Environmental, LLC, a company providing janitorial and other services to hospitals nationwide, will pay $400,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.</p><p>According to the lawsuit, a group of female housekeepers were repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment by a male employee, who made inappropriate sexual comments and frequently attempted to inappropriately kiss</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 24, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/walmart-pay-415112-eeoc-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation-suit" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/walmart-pay-415112-eeoc-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation-suit" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Walmart to Pay $415,112 in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Suit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>Lewisburg, W.V. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (Walmart) will pay $415,112 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.</p><p>According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the former manager of a Walmart Supercenter in Lewisburg, West Virginia subjected female employees to egregious sexual harassment, including unwelcome and offensive sexual touching; requests for sexual acts in exchange for money or favorable treatment at work</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 24, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/dallas-trial-court-upholds-maximum-damages-award-300000-against-skywest-airlines-inc-eeoc" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/dallas-trial-court-upholds-maximum-damages-award-300000-against-skywest-airlines-inc-eeoc" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Dallas Trial Court Upholds Maximum Damages Award of $300,000 Against SkyWest Airlines, Inc. in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>DALLAS – A federal judge has denied SkyWest Airlines, Inc.’s bid for a new trial and upheld an order that SkyWest pay a former parts clerk $300,000 in damages. The ruling came after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit in which a federal jury found SkyWest liable for subjecting her to a sexually hostile work environment. The court further ordered injunctive relief for a three-year period. </p><p>In November 2024, following a</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 24, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/cutting-edge-supply-pay-150000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-and-retaliation-lawsuit" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/cutting-edge-supply-pay-150000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-and-retaliation-lawsuit" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Cutting Edge Supply to Pay $150,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>PHOENIX – Black Diamond Blade Company, doing business as Cutting Edge Supply, a California-based construction supply company operating in Arizona, will pay $150,000 to a former welder and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.</p><p>According to the lawsuit, Cutting Edge failed to accommodate a welder with diabetes who requested an accommodation to take snack breaks periodically throughout</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 24, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-and-justice-department-warn-against-unlawful-dei-related-discrimination" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-and-justice-department-warn-against-unlawful-dei-related-discrimination" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC and Justice Department Warn Against Unlawful DEI-Related Discrimination</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON -- Today, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released two technical assistance documents focused on educating the public about unlawful discrimination related to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) in the workplace. </p><p>DEI is a broad term that is not defined in <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964">Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964</a>. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on protected characteristics such as race and sex. Under</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 19, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-andrea-lucas-sends-letters-20-law-firms-requesting-information-about-dei" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-andrea-lucas-sends-letters-20-law-firms-requesting-information-about-dei" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas Sends Letters to 20 Law Firms Requesting Information About DEI-Related Employment Practices</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas sent letters to 20 law firms requesting information about their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) related employment practices.</p><p>Based on publicly available information, the letters note concerns that some firms’ employment practices, including those labeled or framed as DEI, may entail unlawful disparate treatment in terms, conditions, and privileges of employment, or unlawful limiting, segregating, and classifying based on race, sex, or</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 17, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-taco-bell-franchisees-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-taco-bell-franchisees-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Sues Taco Bell Franchisees for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>DETROIT – Six related entities operating Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they allowed a senior area manager to sexually harass female employees, including multiple teenage employees, he supervised, and fired a local assistant manager the same day she reported the senior area manager’s misconduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.</p><p>According to the lawsuit, for months, the upper-level manager sexually harassed female employees, including</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 11, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/security-engineers-inc-pay-16-million-eeoc-sex-discrimination-lawsuit" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/security-engineers-inc-pay-16-million-eeoc-sex-discrimination-lawsuit" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Security Engineers, Inc. to Pay $1.6 Million in EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Security Engineers, Inc., a contract security solutions provider headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, will pay $1.6 million and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.</p><p>In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Security Engineers engaged in sex discrimination throughout Alabama when the company denied security officer jobs and assignments to a class of women, beginning in at</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 10, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/washington-unified-school-district-pay-17000-eeoc-age-discrimination-charge" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/washington-unified-school-district-pay-17000-eeoc-age-discrimination-charge" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Washington Unified School District to Pay $17,000 in EEOC Age Discrimination Charge</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>FRESNO, Calif. – The Washington Unified School District, located in Fresno, Calif., settled a federal charge of age discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $17,000 and other injunctive relief, the federal agency announced today.</p><p>An EEOC charge of discrimination was filed in April 2022, alleging that the employee was denied reasonable accommodation, subjected to different terms and conditions of employment, and finally discharged because of age and disability. The EEOC</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 7, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-promises-hold-accountable-universities-and-colleges-antisemitism-campus" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-promises-hold-accountable-universities-and-colleges-antisemitism-campus" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Acting Chair Promises to Hold Accountable Universities and Colleges for Antisemitism on Campus Workplaces</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON – Today, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas promised to hold accountable universities and colleges which have created a hostile-work environment for their Jewish employees.</p><p>“In the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks in Israel, news coverage of the severe outbreaks of antisemitism at our country’s leading universities focused on the students affected — from investigations at the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, to Congressional hearings, to federal lawsuits and</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">March 5, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-vows-protect-american-workers-anti-american-bias" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-acting-chair-vows-protect-american-workers-anti-american-bias" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Acting Chair Vows to Protect American Workers from Anti-American Bias</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON <strong>-- </strong>Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced “The EEOC is putting employers and other covered entities on notice: if you are part of the pipeline contributing to our immigration crisis or abusing our legal immigration system via illegal preferences against American workers, you must stop. The law applies to you, and you are not above the law. The EEOC is here to protect all workers from unlawful national</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">February 19, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/leopalace-resort-pay-over-14-million-eeoc-national-origin-discrimination-lawsuit" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/leopalace-resort-pay-over-14-million-eeoc-national-origin-discrimination-lawsuit" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">LeoPalace Resort to Pay Over $1.4 Million in EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>GUAM – LeoPalace Guam Corporation, doing business as LeoPalace Resort, a major hotel and resort on the U.S. territory of Guam, will pay $1,412,500 and provide equitable relief to settle a national origin discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.</p><p>According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, from as early as 2015, LeoPalace provided non-Japanese employees—including multiple former employees of American national origin—in Guam with less favorable wages</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">February 18, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/andrew-rogers-named-acting-eeoc-general-counsel" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/andrew-rogers-named-acting-eeoc-general-counsel" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Andrew Rogers Named Acting EEOC General Counsel</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON -- President Donald J. Trump has appointed Andrew Rogers as the acting general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. </p><p>“I am honored to be selected by the President to serve at the Commission,” said Rogers, “and to advance robust, high-quality, efficient, and transparent enforcement of our nation’s civil rights laws via the agency’s litigation program.”</p><p>“I am delighted that President Trump has appointed Andrew Rogers as Acting</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">February 4, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/removing-gender-ideology-and-restoring-eeocs-role-protecting-women-workplace" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/removing-gender-ideology-and-restoring-eeocs-role-protecting-women-workplace" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Removing Gender Ideology and Restoring the EEOC’s Role of Protecting Women in the Workplace</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas announced that the agency is returning to its mission of protecting women from sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination in the workplace by rolling back the Biden administration’s gender identity agenda.</p><p>One of President Trump’s first executive orders was <a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-02090.pdf">Executive Order 14168</a>, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” Among other things, the executive order</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">January 28, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/president-appoints-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc-acting-chair" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/president-appoints-andrea-r-lucas-eeoc-acting-chair" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">President Appoints Andrea R. Lucas EEOC Acting Chair</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that President Donald J. Trump has named Commissioner Andrea R. Lucas Acting Chair of the EEOC. Lucas has served as an EEOC Commissioner since 2020, having been nominated by President Trump during his first term.</p><p>“I am honored to be chosen by President Trump to lead the EEOC, our nation’s premier civil rights agency enforcing federal employment antidiscrimination laws,” Lucas said. “I look forward</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">January 21, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-allegiance-health-management-disability-discrimination" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-allegiance-health-management-disability-discrimination" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Sues Allegiance Health Management for Disability Discrimination</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>NEW ORLEANS – Allegiance Health Management, Inc., a Bossier City-based health system that operates medical facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, violated federal law by requiring applicants and employees to provide personal disability-related information and by maintaining an inflexible leave policy that did not allow for reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.</p><p>The suit arises from a charge of discrimination filed by an environmental technician employed</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">January 20, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-north-american-stamping-group-sex-discrimination" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-north-american-stamping-group-sex-discrimination" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Sues North American Stamping Group for Sex Discrimination</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. – NASG Realty, LLC., (doing business as North American Stamping Group), a manufacturer of stamped metal components and welded assemblies for the automotive industry, violated federal law by failing to hire and promote female employees to certain production jobs and subjecting female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.</p><p>According to the EEOC, NASG has engaged in an ongoing pattern</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">January 20, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tci-alabama-sex-discrimination" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-tci-alabama-sex-discrimination" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Sues TCI of Alabama for Sex Discrimination</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Delaware-based TCI of Alabama, LLC, a recycler of large items such as transformers and electrical equipment, violated federal employment laws when it discriminated against female job applicants in its Pell City, Alabama, location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today.</p><p>The EEOC charged that since at least August 1, 2020, TCI has discriminated against a class of female employees by systemically denying them laborer positions because</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">January 17, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fca-us-llc-sexual-harassment" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fca-us-llc-sexual-harassment" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">EEOC Sues FCA US LLC for Sexual Harassment </span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> <p>DETROIT – FCA US, L.L.C., an international automobile manufacturer, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to widespread sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.</p><p>According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female employees at FCA’s Detroit Assembly Complex were sexually harassed by male supervisors and co-workers. The harassing conduct included sexually explicit comments and inappropriate touching, and because some of the women complained to FCA, the</p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="field field--name-field-published-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item">January 17, 2025</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="margin-top-3 views-row"> <article about="/newsroom/pace-southeast-michigan-pay-170000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit" class="press_release"> <div class="content-type"> <h3>Press release</h3> </div> <h2> <a href="/newsroom/pace-southeast-michigan-pay-170000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit" rel="bookmark"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">PACE Southeast Michigan to Pay $170,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"> 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