The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced multiple lawsuits and settlements related to allegations of employment discrimination, including disability, sex, national origin, pregnancy, and age discrimination, as well as retaliation and harassment
Disability Discrimination
The EEOC has sued several companies, including Wagner Equipment, Bombardier, Hunt Forest Products, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, UPS, and Walmart, for allegedly failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities
Sex Discrimination
The EEOC has sued Sequoias Tree Expert for allegedly refusing to hire female job applicants into field positions, and has also filed lawsuits against companies including Continental Inn and Davis Cartage Co., alleging pregnancy and sex discrimination
National Origin Discrimination
The EEOC has sued Novadoz Pharmaceuticals for allegedly denying an American employee's request to work remotely because of her national origin
Age Discrimination
The EEOC has sued Scheels All Sports, Inc. for allegedly violating federal law by changing its employee stock ownership plan, forcing employees to sell their company shares when they turned 40 years old
Official sources
- Source 1: U.S. EEOC newsroom
Newsroom | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Source 2: Federal Trade Commission press releases
Press Releases | Federal Trade Commission - Source 3: U.S. Department of Labor news releases
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