NEWS & ANALYSIS

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeking far more information than necessary to investigate whether Napa Auto Parts discriminated against Black applicants, the company argued, urging a Texas federal court to pare down the agency's "scattershot" demands.

By Grace Elletson

A Pizza Hut franchisee told a Texas federal judge Tuesday that it will pay $35,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging the business fired a manager for complaining that her boss sabotaged her store because she ended a romantic relationship with him.

By Patrick Hoff

A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit seeking to force Nike to fork over information to help the EEOC's probe into whether the company discriminated against white workers should be dismissed or transferred to Oregon, Nike told a Missouri federal judge.

By Grace Elletson

A Michigan federal judge signed off on a $60,000 deal Friday between a staffing company and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a suit claiming the business revoked a deaf candidate's job offer, pushing the EEOC's recovery in the case to $107,000.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Louisiana federal court Thursday to force a delivery services company to comply with demands for information tied to a pregnancy discrimination probe the agency is conducting.

By Grace Elletson

A dental laboratory and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a Florida federal judge Wednesday to approve a $30,000 settlement in a suit claiming the business fired an office assistant because she was pregnant.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has struck a deal with the bankrupt successor of a staffing firm that allegedly failed to follow through on all the payments in a $276,000 agreement resolving a claim that the company forbade employees from speaking Spanish.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge seemed inclined Tuesday to enforce the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's subpoena for the University of Pennsylvania's Jewish employees' contact information, a request that has alarmed the school and several advocacy groups, expressing doubt that the information would be used for nefarious purposes.

By Vin Gurrieri

A comedy club in Louisville, Kentucky, will pay nearly $373,000 to close the book on a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation into whether a manager sexually harassed female employees, the agency said Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

A Mississippi steakhouse unlawfully fired a worker soon after learning she had a health condition that caused seizures, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A sports gear company will pay $350,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of favoring younger employees during an organizational restructure and fired a worker in his 50s because he complained, the commission said Monday.

By Grace Elletson

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday that a Jewish community center in Manhattan has agreed to pay $100,200 to wrap up an EEOC investigation into allegations that it wouldn't give a Christian employee time off to attend religious services.

By Patrick Hoff

Trucking company Schneider National rescinded a job offer rather than let a truck driver with post-traumatic stress disorder have her service dog at work, in violation of federal disability law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in Maryland federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and an infusion therapy provider have reached a tentative deal to end the agency's suit accusing the company of unlawfully refusing a pregnant nurse's requests for shorter commutes, according to a filing Tuesday in Massachusetts federal court.

By Patrick Hoff

A Kentucky transportation company has agreed to pay $95,000 after a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation found support for claims that it ignored a male employee's sexual harassment of female workers, the agency said Tuesday.

By Grace Elletson

A hospital gift shop company has agreed to pay $600,000 to end a suit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claiming it asked questions on its job applications that illegally screened out workers with disabilities.

By Patrick Hoff

A Florida restaurant will pay $65,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it fired a female server after she complained that an owner was propositioning and sexually harassing her daily, according to a federal court filing.

By Vin Gurrieri

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday accused a Michigan home hospice provider of discriminating against a Black nursing assistant by assigning her fewer hours and less plum assignments than her white colleagues.

By Grace Elletson

A New York federal judge declined to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a school district paid a female superintendent less than her male predecessors, after highlighting evidence that the female leader's benefits package and salary trailed her male counterparts.

By Anne Cullen

A New Mexico nursing care facility has agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging a supervisor bullied older, Spanish-speaking workers and then sacked them for complaining, according to deal documents filed Tuesday.