Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
US Sues Sam’s Club for Firing Disabled Worker
A location in Douglasville, Georgia, allegedly refused to make reasonable accommodations for an employee who had been injured in a car crash. read more >
What Employers Should Expect From the Second Trump Administration (In The Workplace 2025)
A look at potential 2025 labor law changes under the Trump administration, including updates on DOL wage rules, FTC noncompete policies, NLRB shifts, and EEOC workplace guidance. read more >
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Walmart Subsidiary Settles Three Disability Discrimination Lawsuits
Three stores in North Carolina allegedly failed to provide intermittent leave as a reasonable accommodation read more >
Arkansas Hospital Retaliated Against Employee After Harassment Complaint, US Suit Says
The group practice Interventional Pain Management Associates PLLC, a department of the hospital, was also named as a defendant in the case. read more >
Walmart Accused of Illegally Firing Disabled Employee
It's the fifth time this year that the EEOC has sued Walmart over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. read more >
Walmart Faces Class Action Over Test That ‘Screened Out’ Disabled Workers
The exam was part of a training program designed to measure employees' knowledge of customer service, inventory essentials and more. read more >
Walmart Refused to Accommodate Deaf Employees, US Lawsuit Says
The suit says that a Walmart store in Olathe, Kansas, hired two deaf employees as overnight stockers but refused to provide an interpreter or communic read more >
Hank’s Furniture Illegally Fired Worker Over COVID Shot Refusal, Lawsuit Says
The company allegedly denied an employee's request to be exempt from its vaccine requirement based on her Christian beliefs. read more >
by Scott Carroll -
US Sues Walmart for Firing Worker With Chronic Illness
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act. read more >
Arkansas, Other States Sue Over LGBT Protections at School, Work
Attorneys general from 20 states including Arkansas sued President Joe Biden's administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people. read more >
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Watch Walmart for 5 Years, EEOC Asks Judge After Lawsuit
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asks a federal judge to allow it to monitor Walmart Inc. of Bentonville for five years after a Wisconsin jury found the retailer failed to accommodate a longtime employee with Down syndrome. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Former Walmart ADA & Immigration Director Sues for Disability Discimination
A longtime employee of Walmart Inc. of Bentonville sued the retail giant in Washington County Circuit Court alleging the company fired her in August 2017 because of disability discrimination and retaliation. read more >
EEOC Investigating Dillard’s Promotions
Dillard’s Inc.’s resistance to a long-running race discrimination investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has proved futile: A federal judge has ordered the Little Rock retailer to turn over contact information so that hundreds of past and current employees can be surveyed. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
ARORA: Discord Over Promotions Leads to Lawsuits
Personnel moves made in 2014 which resulted in the ARORA executive director being fired less than two months after taking on the job wasn’t the end of the nonprofit’s problems. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Federal Hearing Set for Dillard’s in EEOC Case
A U.S. District Court judge recently ordered Dillard’s Inc. to explain why it won’t comply with a subpoena from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. read more >
EEOC Filing Fewer Discrimination Cases In Arkansas
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed only two lawsuits in the state this calendar year, continuing a recent trend line. In 2011, the EEOC filed six lawsuits in Arkansas’ federal courts and three the following year. Last year, the EEOC filed only two lawsuits against companies operating in the state. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
J.B. Hunt Settles Discrimination Case Brought By EEOC, Will Review Hiring Policies
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell is reviewing its company hiring policy and has settled a racial discrimination suit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. read more >
by Chris Bahn -
Dillard’s Settles with EEOC Over ADA Claim
Dillard's Inc. of Little Rock settles with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over two company policies the EEOC said violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. read more >
by Lance Turner -