The EEOC charged that an employee of Eagle United Truck Wash, LLC was subjected to racial harassment by other employees and supervisors. The mistreatment continued even after the employee complained to management. The conflict came to a peak when, after a final complaint to management, the employee was immediately fired. Along with paying $40,000, the...
The EEOC sued Service Caster Corporation for allowing a hostile work environment for three employees. The lawsuit states that two assemblers and one assembly line supervisor were harassed by the plant manager. The manager made discriminatory remarks about the employees’ Puerto Rican origin, and even went as far as to call their religion, Pentecostalism, a...
Transport America was fined $22,500 and they will need to make changes to their policy on service animals. The EEOC states that the trucking company made an employee pay a fee in order to have their service animal accompany them in their truck. This happened despite the fact that the service dog was a reasonable...
Memos from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) were made public last week, and they’re putting Walmart back in the spotlight. 178 female Walmart employees filed a complaint with the agency, which included concerns over being paid less than their male counterparts and denied opportunities to advance their careers. In their documents, the EEOC asked...
Small and medium-sized companies in the United States face nearly a 12% chance of being hit with an employment lawsuit. In some states, the potential for encountering an employee-driven claim is quite higher and much of the time, the charges arise from workplace conflict issues that could have been prevented. Specialty insurer Hiscox recent conducted...
