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EEOC Sues Gracious Bakery for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/22/2024

New Orleans-based Bakery Fired Employee Because of Medical Condition Related to Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charges - NEW ORLEANS – Gracious, LLC, a company based in New Orleans and doing business as Gracious Bakery +...more

EEOC Sues Florida Care Assisted Living Facility for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/27/2023

Company Fired Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - MIAMI – Florida Care ALF of Amelia Island, Inc., located in Ferdinand Beach, Florida, violated federal law when it fired an employee because she was...more

EEOC Sues Corner Bar for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/16/2023

Bartender Loses Job After Informing Management That She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - AUSTIN, Texas – Corner Bar, which operates on South Lamar Boulevard in Austin, Texas, discriminated against a female bartender by...more

EEOC Sues Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services for Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/3/2022

Health Care Company Fired Scheduling Coordinator Because of Her Pregnancy and Related Disability, Federal Agency Charges - ERIE, Pa. – A home health care services company in northwest Pennsylvania violated federal law by...more

Restaurant Admits to Pregnancy Discrimination and Pays $30,000 to Resolve EEOC Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/31/2022

Bourne’s House Admits Firing and Refusing to Rehire a Worker Because She Was Pregnant - NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana restaurant admitted that it violated federal law when it fired and then later refused to rehire a worker...more

DLS Engineering Associates Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/13/2021

Federal Contractor Failed to Hire Pregnant Woman, Federal Agency Charges - JACKSONVILLE – DLS Engineering Associates, LLC, a federal contractor based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, violated federal law by rescinding a...more

EEOC Sues Presidente Supermarket for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/24/2021

Company Fired Employee Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI – Presidente Supermarket No. 31, Inc., a Miami location in a chain of over 30 supermarkets in Florida, violated federal law by firing an...more

Bourne’s House Sued by EEOC for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/13/2021

Restaurant Fired and Refused to Rehire a Worker Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - NEW ORLEANS – Bourne’s House, LLC, doing business as Bourne’s House Restaurant, violated federal law when it fired and then...more

“When Do You Plan On Having A Baby?” And Other Questions Not To Ask

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 9/10/2019

Employers interviewing women of child-bearing age may be tempted to ask about plans for having a baby, but doing so poses risks. While an employer might be concerned about staffing coverage, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act...more

Nix Hospital Settles EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/30/2019

Hospital Refused to Accommodate and Terminated Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Said - SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Nix Hospitals System, LLC, doing business as Nix Healthcare System, a provider of comprehensive medical services,...more

The Glenridge to Pay $70,000 to Settle Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/9/2019

Retirement Community Failed to Hire Woman It Suspected Would Become Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - TAMPA - The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch, an upscale retirement community in Sarasota, Florida, will pay $70,000 and...more

Matrix Medical to Pay $150,000 To Settle EEOC Lawsuit for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/9/2019

Health Care Company Rescinded Job Offer Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charged - PHOENIX - A nationwide health care company headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., will pay $150,000 and furnish other relief to...more

EECO Sues 40 Steak & Seafood for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/12/2018

Federal Agency Says North Dakota Restaurant Fired Server Because She Was Pregnant - MINNEAPOLIS - 40 Steak & Seafood, a Bismarck, N.D., restaurant, violated federal law by firing a server because she was pregnant, the...more

The Cato Corporation Pays $3.5 Million to Settle EEOC Systemic Investigation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/11/2018

Pregnant Employees and Those With Disabilities Were Denied Reasonable Accommodations And Discharged, Federal Agency Found - CHICAGO / PHILADELPHIA - The Cato Corporation, a leading retailer of women's fashion and...more

Family Healthcare Network Settles EEOC Disability and Pregnancy Discrimination Suit for $1.75 Million

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 12/7/2018

Health Care Network Failed to Accommodate and Fired Employees Because of Their Disabilities and/or Pregnancies, Federal Agency Charged - FRESNO, Calif. - Family HealthCare Network will pay $1.75 million and furnish other...more

Absolut Care to Pay $465,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/25/2018

Health Care Company Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Pregnant Employees and Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care...more

EEOC Sues Rainbow USA For Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/4/2018

Company Unlawfully Fired Manager Shortly After Learning She Was Pregnant, Agency Charged - NEW ORLEANS-Rainbow USA Inc., a specialty apparel chain, violated federal law when it terminated a manager upon becoming aware of...more

Community Care Health Network Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/25/2018

Health Network Rescinded Job Offer to Woman Because She Was Pregnant, Federal Agency Charges - PHOENIX - Community Care Health Network, Inc., doing business as Matrix Medical Network in Scottsdale, Ariz., violated federal...more

Tarr & Zenith Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/1/2018

Dietary Company Fired Pregnant Employees, Federal Agency Charges - SAN DIEGO - Tarr, Inc. and Zenith, LLC, a San Diego-based company that sells dietary supplements, will pay $50,000 and provide other significant relief to...more

EEOC Sues Trinity Health for Pregnancy Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/27/2017

Medical Provider Refused to Keep Pregnant Worker on the Job Working Light Duty and Instead Fired Her, Federal Agency Charges - MINNEAPOLIS - Trinity Health, an integrated healthcare provider with 2,500 employees...more

Illinois Employers Will Need To Comply With Several New Laws That Take Effect In 2015

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 1/27/2015

The Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicant Act: Commonly referred to as the "ban-the-box” law, employers with 15 or more employees cannot consider or inquire into an applicant’s criminal record or history until: (a) the...more

New Illinois Employment Laws Taking Effect January 1, 2015

Franczek P.C. on 12/17/2014

Along with decorations, holiday feasts, and other merriment, employers in Illinois get to celebrate the close of another year by updating their policies and practices to comply with several recently enacted laws that will...more

A Reader Asks: “Is It Me, Or Has Job Interviewing Become Really Complicated?”

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/13/2014

Last week, I wrote about the two situations in which an employer should ask an applicant about a disability or a religious belief or practice that might require reasonable accommodation. (As I emphasized last week, 99 percent...more

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