Every month, the Equal Employment Alternative Fee (EEOC) information lawsuits and settles circumstances overlaying the federal legal guidelines they’re liable for implementing. These federal legal guidelines embrace:
Beneath is an inventory of lawsuits and settlements by the EEOC in from November 1 to fifteen, 2024.
EEOC Lawsuits
The EEOC didn’t announce that it filed any lawsuits from November 1 to November 15, 2024.
EEOC Settlements
Georgia: Sureste Property Group to Pay $75,000 in EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
In accordance with the EEOC’s lawsuit, Sureste violated federal regulation when it fired its first and solely Black mission improvement supervisor due to his race. The mission improvement supervisor carried out properly, regardless of being assigned extra work than his white counterparts, however the firm terminated him lower than a 12 months after his rent, claiming first that he was “lazy” and never a superb match for the corporate’s “tradition.” Later, the corporate claimed that his position had been eradicated, however lower than a month after firing him, Sureste promoted a considerably less-qualified white worker to the identical place.
Maryland: Verizon Maryland to Pay $115,000 in EEOC Incapacity Discrimination Go well with
Incapacity discrimination; Cheap lodging
People with Disabilities Act (ADA)
In accordance with the EEOC’s lawsuit, a administration worker who suffered from hypertension requested his supervisor for a change to a discipline place or to an alternate administration place to accommodate his incapacity. There was a gap for a discipline place which the worker beforehand held, however Verizon didn’t permit him to compete for that place, telling him he must resign and reapply for the place in six months. The corporate provided no different lodging, was not provided alternatives to compete for different vacant administration positions, and the worker was pressured to give up resulting from medical necessity, the swimsuit stated.