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+Mayo Clinic to Pay $50,000 in EEOC COVID-19 Vaccine Religious Accommodation Suit
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+MINNEAPOLIS — Mayo Clinic, a non-profit operator of hospitals in Minnesota, Arizona and Florida, will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) religious discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Mayo Clinic unlawfully denied a Rochester, Minnesota employee’s request to be exempted from the provider’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy as a religious accommodation.
+The employee, a security guard in a non-medical role
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+September 24, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Eastern Shipbuilding Group for Disability Discrimination
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+MOBILE, Ala. — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG), a shipbuilding company located in Panama City, Florida, violated federal law when it rescinded an Army veteran’s job offer shortly after learning of his Veterans Administration disability rating, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company gave him a job offer as a machinist in November 2024, conditional upon passing a pre-employment/post-offer physical examination. Although
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+September 24, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Summit Hospitality Group for Disability Discrimination
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+RALEIGH, N.C. — Summit Hospitality Group, Ltd., doing business as Residence Inn Raleigh Downtown, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s disability and discharged him from employment when he was not able to return to work at 100% capacity, according to a lawsuit announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in March 2024, an employee who worked at the Residence Inn Raleigh Downtown as
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+September 24, 2026
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+Press release
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+ EEOC Sues Mercy Health for Religious and Race Discrimination
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+YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown, LLC and Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc. (Mercy) in Youngstown violated federal law by subjecting a Jewish orthopedic surgeon to unfavorable terms and conditions of employment and firing him because of his religion and race, shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+The EEOC’s suit said the surgeon had a successful practice
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+September 24, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Ollie’s Bargain Outlet for Disability Discrimination
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+DALLAS — National discount retailer Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc, violated federal law when it refused to hire a profoundly deaf applicant at its distribution warehouse in Lancaster, Texas because of her disability and subjected her to an overtly discriminatory qualification standard, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in May 2025, Ollie’s refused to hire the applicant, who had several years of experience working
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+September 23, 2026
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+Press release
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 International Logistics Company Exel to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit
 
 ATLANTA — Exel Inc., doing business as DHL Supply Chain (USA), an international logistics company headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, will pay $80,000 and take remedial measures to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) disability discrimination lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.
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-EEOC Sues Ollie’s Bargain Outlet for Disability Discrimination
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-DALLAS — National discount retailer Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc, violated federal law when it refused to hire a profoundly deaf applicant at its distribution warehouse in Lancaster, Texas because of her disability and subjected her to an overtly discriminatory qualification standard, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in May 2025, Ollie’s refused to hire the applicant, who had several years of experience working
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-September 23, 2026
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 EEOC Sues MedStar Health, Inc. and MedStar Southern Maryland Health Center for Disability Discrimination
 
 GREENBELT, Md. — MedStar Health, Inc., a healthcare network in Maryland, and member hospital MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland, violated federal law by failing to hire an applicant with a disability and conducting an unlawful post-offer medical examination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
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 The EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe that Ford personnel at the facility subjected numerous employees to harassment and discrimination based on race and national origin. During the investigation, graffiti
 
 September 1, 2026
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-EEOC Sues Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina for Pregnancy Discrimination in Alleged Violation of PWFA
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-GREENVILLE, N.C. — Family Dollar Stores of North Carolina, LLC, a Matthews, North Carolina-headquartered retailer with a store in Greenville, violated federal law by refusing to provide a reasonable accommodation for an employee’s pregnancy-related limitations and then firing her, according to a lawsuit announced today by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, on Dec. 31, 2024, on her day off, a customer service representative experienced pregnancy-related medical issues, including vaginal
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-August 31, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Gate Gourmet for Sexual Harassment
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-DENVER — Gate Gourmet, a global airline catering company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the lawsuit, between 2022 and 2023, a female employee was repeatedly harassed while working for Gate Gourmet at Denver International Airport. The lawsuit alleges that the woman experienced unwelcome sexual
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-August 28, 2026
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-Press release
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-American Airlines to Pay $200,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit Following Termination of Blind Employee
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-FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines, Inc., a domestic and international air carrier headquartered in Texas, will pay $200,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
-According to the EEOC’S lawsuit, American Airlines failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee at its Fort Worth location after she developed cortical blindness. The lawsuit alleged that the employee requested to use screen
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-August 28, 2026
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-Press release
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-Apple to Pay $150,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit
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-WASHINGTON — Computer giant Apple Inc. will pay $150,000 and update its religious observance policy, among other reforms, to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s suit, Apple failed to accommodate a Reston, Virginia employee’s need to be off from Friday sundown through sundown on Saturday in observance of the Jewish Sabbath. Apple rejected the employee’s request because it
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-August 27, 2026
 
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