https://www.eeoc.gov/ Press releases and other news from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission en https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-coca-cola-bottling-company-united-disability-discrimination NEW ORLEANS – Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (CCBCU), the third-largest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola products in the United States and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee with a disability and then firing him because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-coca-cola-bottling-company-united-disability-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-roofing-company-constructive-discharge BUFFALO, N.Y. – A.W. Farrell & Son, Inc., part of a group of related commercial roofing companies operating in New York and Pennsylvania, violated federal law when its failure to address sexual harassment of a journeyman roofer led him to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-roofing-company-constructive-discharge https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-montrose-regional-health-age-discrimination-and-retaliation-second-time MONTROSE, Colo. – Montrose Memorial Hospital, Inc. doing business as Montrose Regional Health, a regional medical center in the San Juan Valley in southwestern Colorado, violated federal law again when it harassed and discriminated against older employees and retaliated against them when they complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-montrose-regional-health-age-discrimination-and-retaliation-second-time https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-talecris-plasma-resources-and-grifols-disability-discrimination DENVER – Talecris Plasma Resources, operator of blood plasma donation centers under the Grifols family of companies, violated federal law when it failed to make reasonable accommodation for a job applicant’s disability and rescinded her job offer based on the need to make reasonable accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-talecris-plasma-resources-and-grifols-disability-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-option-care-health-inc-pregnancy-discrimination BOSTON — Option Care Health, Inc., a nationwide provider of infusion-therapy services, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for symptoms related to her pregnancy in June and July of 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-option-care-health-inc-pregnancy-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/catherine-eschbach-appointed-eeoc-principal-deputy-general-counsel WASHINGTON – Catherine Eschbach was sworn in today as principal deputy general counsel at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/catherine-eschbach-appointed-eeoc-principal-deputy-general-counsel https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-apple-religious-discrimination-and-retaliation WASHINGTON – Apple, Inc. unlawfully failed to accommodate an employee’s Jewish faith and subsequently fired him because of his religion and in retaliation for complaining of religion-based discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleged in a lawsuit filed today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-apple-religious-discrimination-and-retaliation https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/jewel-osco-agrees-pay-195-million-resolve-eeoc-disability-investigation CHICAGO —The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that following an investigation, the agency and Jewel Food Stores, Inc and American Drug Stores LLC (Jewel-Osco) entered into a voluntary, good-faith agreement in which Jewel-Osco agreed to pay $1.95 million in monetary relief to a group of affected individuals and to provide other non-monetary relief such as state-of-the-art disability training for management and policy revisions. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/jewel-osco-agrees-pay-195-million-resolve-eeoc-disability-investigation https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/elon-property-management-pay-200000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit TAMPA – Elon Property Management LLC, a residential property management company operating in several states, including Florida, agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/elon-property-management-pay-200000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-worksmart-staffing-sex-discrimination BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – WorkSmart Staffing, LLC, a regional staffing agency in the southeastern United States headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, violated federal law by discriminating against a class of females when it failed to hire or refer them to available positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-worksmart-staffing-sex-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-delta-air-lines-pregnancy-discrimination NEW YORK – Delta Air Lines violated federal law when it rescinded a job offer from an applicant due to her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-delta-air-lines-pregnancy-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/ut-battelle-pay-over-28-million-settle-eeoc-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-related-religious NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In a settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), UT-Battelle, LLC (UT-Battelle) agreed to pay more than $2.8 million in monetary relief to a class of employees. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/ut-battelle-pay-over-28-million-settle-eeoc-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-related-religious https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-gamer-logistics-age-discrimination EL PASO, Texas— Fat and Broke, Inc., doing business as Gamer Logistics, a logistics company located in El Paso with offices in Laredo, Texas, Indiana, and Mexico, violated federal law when it fired and refused to hire a class of older drivers and applicants for driver positions because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Tue, 30 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-gamer-logistics-age-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-yellowhouse-machinery-disability-discrimination OKLAHOMA CITY — Yellowhouse Machinery Co., operator of construction and heavy equipment dealerships across Texas and Oklahoma, violated federal law when it failed to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability at its McAlester, Oklahoma dealership, ultimately forcing her to quit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-yellowhouse-machinery-disability-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-american-airlines-disability-discrimination FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines, Inc., a domestic and international air carrier headquartered in Fort Worth, violated federal law when it refused to provide a reasonable accommodation for a blind reservations representative and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-american-airlines-disability-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fedex-sexual-harassment-and-sex-discrimination NEW ORLEANS – Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law by subjecting a female administrator at the company’s St. Rose, Louisiana location to sexual harassment and firing her when she refused to continue to work with her harasser, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-fedex-sexual-harassment-and-sex-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-walmart-disability-discrimination-9 MILWAUKEE — Walmart Inc. violated federal law when it refused to accommodate an employee who required a job coach due to his intellectual disability and subjected him and a coworker to a hostile work environment based on their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-walmart-disability-discrimination-9 https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-digital-intelligence-systems-disability-discrimination HOUSTON – Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC, doing business as Dexian DISYS, a globally managed staffing and services company providing information technology staffing and consulting services, violated federal anti-discrimination law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in a new lawsuit announced today. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-digital-intelligence-systems-disability-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-bollinger-shipyards-disability-discrimination MOBILE, Ala. – Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, a provider of marine construction, repair and conversion services employing more than 300 workers at 10 shipyards located across the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, violated federal law by excluding an employee from work because she used a prescription medication to treat opioid dependency, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-bollinger-shipyards-disability-discrimination https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/boart-longyear-pay-177500-eeoc-race-discrimination-charge ELKO, Nev. – Drilling services provider Boart Longyear Company (US) agreed to provide $177,500 to a former employee following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that supervisors and coworkers harassed a black employee on the basis of his race during his employment at a Boart Longyear facility in Elko, Nevada from November 2021 to October 2022. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 EEOC.gov https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/boart-longyear-pay-177500-eeoc-race-discrimination-charge