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+EEOC Sues Optima Care Fountains for Disability Discrimination
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+SECAUCUS, N.J. — Optima Care Secaucus, LLC, doing business as Optima Care Fountains, owner and operator of a skilled nursing home and rehabilitation facility, violated federal law when it revoked a certified nursing assistant’s reasonable accommodations without reason and then fired her based on her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’S lawsuit, Optima Care accommodated the employee’s musculoskeletal impairments for almost seven years
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+October 1, 2026
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+Press release
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+Novadoz Pharmaceuticals to Pay $116,666 to Resolve EEOC Charge Alleging National Origin and Other Employment Discrimination
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+NEWARK, N.J. — Piscataway, New Jersey-based Novadoz Pharmaceuticals agreed to pay $166,666 to settle a 2025 charge alleging it denied an assistant manager’s request to work remotely because of her race, her American national origin and her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
+The EEOC’s charge investigation found reasonable cause that Novadoz approved Piscataway-based Indian employees to work remotely from India for personal reasons, but forced the American employee to take
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+October 1, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Walmart for Disability Discrimination
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+FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, the largest operator of discount department stores in the country, violated federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a deaf employee at a Fredericksburg Walmart, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, starting in September 2020, a deaf employee who worked as a stocker requested sign language interpreter services for daily staff meetings. These
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+October 1, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Sequoias Tree Expert for Sex Discrimination
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+HOUSTON — Sequoias Tree Expert, LLC, a Houston-based commercial tree trimming and landscaping company servicing utility companies in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, violated federal law by refusing to hire female job applicants into field positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in February 2025, a female applicant applied for a groundsman position at Sequoias Tree and was told the company would not
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Willow Park Healthcare for Disability Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
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+OKLAHOMA CITY — Willow Park Healthcare Center and Southwest LTC Management Services violated federal law when they denied a nurse’s request for disability‑related medical leave, harassed her, and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a wound care nurse at Willow Park Healthcare Center in Lawton, Oklahoma needed surgery for a disabling back condition in 2024 and informed her supervisors that
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+Generac Settles EEOC Charge Involving Religious Accommodation Request
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+MILWAUKEE — Generac Power Systems, a Wisconsin generator manufacturer, reached an agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve for monetary and injunctive relief a religious accommodation charge involving an employee’s request to use biological pronouns for another employee, the federal agency announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s reasonable cause finding, Generac violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it did not fully engage in the reasonable accommodation
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Fred Meyer Stores for Pregnancy Discrimination
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+VANCOUVER, Wash. — Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer Stores, a national supermarket chain headquartered in Portland, Oregon, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate pregnant employees, retaliated against them, and fired them for requesting reasonable accommodations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a pregnant employee at a Fred Meyer store in Vancouver requested an accommodation for severe nausea and vomiting due to her
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Call 4 Health Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
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+MIAMI — Call 4 Health, a medical call center in Delray Beach, Florida, violated federal law when it failed to provide a class of female employees leave for childbirth as a reasonable accommodation, and instead required them to resign and reapply for their positions once medically cleared to work, resulting in their terminations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s suit, Call 4 Health denied
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Bollinger Shipyards for Continuing Disability Discrimination
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+BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, a provider of marine construction, repair and conversion services employing more than 300 workers at 10 shipyards across the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, and its subsidiary Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilder, LLC, violated federal law by rescinding job offers after learning of applicants’ prescription medications, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the suit, between October 2024 through February 2025, the companies offered
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues St. Louis Arc for Pregnancy Discrimination
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+ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Arc, Inc., a nonprofit providing disability support services, violated federal law when it refused to provide a pregnant employee with reasonable accommodations, forced her to take leave, and ultimately terminated her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a community support specialist at St. Louis Arc notified her supervisors in early 2024 that she was pregnant and later submitted
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+Pediatric Hospital to Pay $650,000 Over Alleged Failure to Accommodate Religious Objection to Performing Sex-Rejecting Medical Procedures
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+HOUSTON — A large healthcare provider specializing in pediatric care and services will pay $650,000 and provide other relief to resolve a charge involving an employee’s religious objection to performing work related to sex-rejecting medical procedures, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
+The religious discrimination charge alleged that the hospital violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to provide an employee with a religious accommodation from providing
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues Sibitalent for H-1B Visa-Based National Origin Discrimination
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+SAN FRANCISCO — Sibitalent Corp., a Texas-based employment agency specializing in information technology staffing and recruitment, violated federal law when it refused to refer an American applicant for a position in Mountain View, California because of the applicant’s national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in July 2025, a Sibitalent recruiter contacted an American database developer by e-mail for a business data
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+Atlantic Properties and Diversified Funding to Pay $112,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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+BOSTON — Atlantic Property Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property management companies in Boston, will pay $112,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit charging disability discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
+According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the companies offered an administrative assistant position to a woman in September 2021, but revoked the job offer a few weeks later when
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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+EEOC Sues UPS for Disability Discrimination
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+ALEXANDRIA, Va. — United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), a national shipping, logistics, and supply chain management company, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate or hire a deaf applicant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
+According to the suit, in November 2024, a qualified deaf applicant applied for an entry-level package handling position in Chantilly, Virginia. UPS made a conditional offer of employment
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+September 30, 2026
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+Press release
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 EEOC Sues Scheels All Sports for Age Discrimination
 
 RENO, Nev. — Scheels All Sports, Inc., a Fargo, North Dakota-based national sporting goods retailer, violated federal law when it changed its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), forcing a class of employees to sell their company shares when they turned 40 years of age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
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-EEOC Sues UPS for Disability Discrimination
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-ALEXANDRIA, Va. — United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), a national shipping, logistics, and supply chain management company, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate or hire a deaf applicant because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the suit, in November 2024, a qualified deaf applicant applied for an entry-level package handling position in Chantilly, Virginia. UPS made a conditional offer of employment
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-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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-Atlantic Properties and Diversified Funding to Pay $112,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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-BOSTON — Atlantic Property Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property management companies in Boston, will pay $112,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit charging disability discrimination and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the companies offered an administrative assistant position to a woman in September 2021, but revoked the job offer a few weeks later when
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-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Sibitalent for H-1B Visa-Based National Origin Discrimination
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-SAN FRANCISCO — Sibitalent Corp., a Texas-based employment agency specializing in information technology staffing and recruitment, violated federal law when it refused to refer an American applicant for a position in Mountain View, California because of the applicant’s national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in July 2025, a Sibitalent recruiter contacted an American database developer by e-mail for a business data
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-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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-Pediatric Hospital to Pay $650,000 Over Alleged Failure to Accommodate Religious Objection to Performing Sex-Rejecting Medical Procedures
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-HOUSTON — A large healthcare provider specializing in pediatric care and services will pay $650,000 and provide other relief to resolve a charge involving an employee’s religious objection to performing work related to sex-rejecting medical procedures, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
-The religious discrimination charge alleged that the hospital violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to provide an employee with a religious accommodation from providing
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-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues St. Louis Arc for Pregnancy Discrimination
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-ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Arc, Inc., a nonprofit providing disability support services, violated federal law when it refused to provide a pregnant employee with reasonable accommodations, forced her to take leave, and ultimately terminated her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a community support specialist at St. Louis Arc notified her supervisors in early 2024 that she was pregnant and later submitted
-
-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Sequoias Tree Expert for Sex Discrimination
-
-HOUSTON — Sequoias Tree Expert, LLC, a Houston-based commercial tree trimming and landscaping company servicing utility companies in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, violated federal law by refusing to hire female job applicants into field positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in February 2025, a female applicant applied for a groundsman position at Sequoias Tree and was told the company would not
-
-September 30, 2026
-
-Press release
-
-EEOC Sues Bollinger Shipyards for Continuing Disability Discrimination
-
-BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bollinger Shipyards, LLC, a provider of marine construction, repair and conversion services employing more than 300 workers at 10 shipyards across the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, and its subsidiary Bollinger Mississippi Shipbuilder, LLC, violated federal law by rescinding job offers after learning of applicants’ prescription medications, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the suit, between October 2024 through February 2025, the companies offered
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-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Call 4 Health Under Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
-
-MIAMI — Call 4 Health, a medical call center in Delray Beach, Florida, violated federal law when it failed to provide a class of female employees leave for childbirth as a reasonable accommodation, and instead required them to resign and reapply for their positions once medically cleared to work, resulting in their terminations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s suit, Call 4 Health denied
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-September 30, 2026
-
-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Fred Meyer Stores for Pregnancy Discrimination
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-VANCOUVER, Wash. — Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer Stores, a national supermarket chain headquartered in Portland, Oregon, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate pregnant employees, retaliated against them, and fired them for requesting reasonable accommodations, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a pregnant employee at a Fred Meyer store in Vancouver requested an accommodation for severe nausea and vomiting due to her
-
-September 30, 2026
-
-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Willow Park Healthcare for Disability Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation
-
-OKLAHOMA CITY — Willow Park Healthcare Center and Southwest LTC Management Services violated federal law when they denied a nurse’s request for disability‑related medical leave, harassed her, and then fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a wound care nurse at Willow Park Healthcare Center in Lawton, Oklahoma needed surgery for a disabling back condition in 2024 and informed her supervisors that
-
-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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-Generac Settles EEOC Charge Involving Religious Accommodation Request
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-MILWAUKEE — Generac Power Systems, a Wisconsin generator manufacturer, reached an agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve for monetary and injunctive relief a religious accommodation charge involving an employee’s request to use biological pronouns for another employee, the federal agency announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s reasonable cause finding, Generac violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it did not fully engage in the reasonable accommodation
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-September 30, 2026
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-Press release
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 EEOC Defends Women’s Rights to Single-Sex Spaces at Work in Illinois
 
 ST. LOUIS — The City of O’Fallon, Illinois, which provides a variety of municipal services to its nearly 35,000 residents in St. Clair County, agreed to resolve a charge of sex discrimination and retaliation with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
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 September 28, 2026
 
-Press release
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-Reynolds IGA Foodliner to Pay $65,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
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-ATLANTA — Reynolds IGA Foodliner, Inc., owner and operator of a chain of grocery stores, will pay $65,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
-According to the suit, shortly after she was hired as a deli clerk at the Piggly Wiggly store in Hazlehurst, Georgia, the employee requested Sundays off to observe her Sabbath
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-September 28, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Continental Inn for Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation
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-OKLAHOMA CITY — Continental Inn, a hotel group operating multiple locations in Oklahoma and Texas through various entities, including Continental Inn III, LLC, Continental Inn, LLC, and Continental Blackwell II, LLC, violated federal law when it harassed, demoted and fired a pregnant employee working at a hotel located at 4545 W. White Avenue, Blackwell, Oklahoma, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, after the
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-September 28, 2026
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-Press release
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-EEOC Sues Majestic Developers for Disability Discrimination
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-HOUSTON — Majestic Developers, LLC, a real estate developer in Sugar Land, Texas, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate and fired a legally blind employee on his first day of work, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
-According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in late 2024, Majestic Developers offered an engineering position to an applicant to design drainage systems for their ongoing real estate development projects in
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-September 28, 2026
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