Each month, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) files lawsuits and settles cases covering the federal laws they are responsible for enforcing. These federal laws include:
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
- The Pregnancy Discrimination Act
- The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act of 2022 (PWFA)
- The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)
- The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
- Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
- Sections 102 and 103 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991
- Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
Below is a list of lawsuits and settlements by the EEOC in from December 1 to 15, 2025.
- EEOC Lawsuits
- EEOC Settlements
- California: Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro Pay $650,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
- Florida: Marriott Companies to Pay $175,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
- Florida: IMG Medical Group to Pay $64,000 to Resolve EEOC Age Discrimination Charge
- New York: $21 Million Payout Process Begins in Columbia University Antisemitism Settlement with EEOC
EEOC Lawsuits
Washington: EEOC Sues Little Caesars Franchise for Racial Harassment and Retaliation
Allegations
Race discrimination
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
Washington
Summary
According to the EEOC’s suit filed on Sept. 30, TME was aware of, but failed to stop employees from using racial slurs targeting African Americans, and promoted two harassers to shift lead positions. The new shift leads then regularly referred to African American employees using racial terms such as the N-word and “slave,” and one of the shift leads assigned the most menial tasks to two African American employees. After one harasser was fired, the other continued to use racially derogatory terms. TME fired one of the African American employees because he complained about the harassment, the EEOC said.
West Virginia: EEOC Sues Wrightway Ready-Mix and Wright Concrete & Construction for Disability Discrimination
Allegations
Disability discrimination; Reasonable accommodation
Laws Involved
Americans with Disabilities Act
State
West Virginia
Summary
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, when a job applicant went to a Wrightway facility in Delbarton to apply and interview for a laborer position, the hiring manager asked him what medications he was currently taking. The job applicant said he was taking methadone; the hiring manager then told the job applicant that Wrightway would not hire him due to a longstanding company policy prohibiting employment of workers who take methadone. When the job applicant then spoke with the onsite head of human resources, she affirmed that Wrightway would not hire him because of its policy of refusing to hire workers who take methadone, according to the suit.
EEOC Settlements
California: Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro Pay $650,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
Allegations
Sex discrimination; Sexual harassment; Retaliation
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
California
Summary
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, beginning as early as 2019, nine locations of the San Diego-based Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro allegedly allowed a class of young female employees, including some teenagers, to be subjected to sexual harassment by male supervisors and co-workers. The EEOC charged that Swami’s Café and Honey’s Bistro did not properly monitor the workplace, which left the employees vulnerable to ongoing harassment. The alleged harassment included repeated, frequent and offensive sex-based remarks and advances, as well as unwelcome touching. As a result of this hostile work environment, female employees complained and were then subjected to retaliation or forced to quit their jobs, the EEOC said.
Florida: Marriott Companies to Pay $175,000 in EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Allegations
Religious discrimination; Reasonable accommodation
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
Florida
Summary
The EEOC’s suit charged that management at Marriott Vacations Worldwide and Marriott Ownership Resorts initially provided a religious accommodation for a Seventh-Day Adventist employee which allowed her to avoid Saturday shifts so she would not have to work on her religion’s Sabbath. After a change in management, the companies revoked her religious accommodation and began scheduling her to work on Saturdays. Although the employee made repeated complaints about losing her religious accommodation, the employer continued to schedule her for Saturdays, negatively impacting her sales and commissions, and forcing her to choose between her work and her faith, leading to her resignation around June 2023, according to the suit.
Florida: IMG Medical Group to Pay $64,000 to Resolve EEOC Age Discrimination Charge
Allegations
Age discrimination
Laws Involved
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
State
Florida
Summary
During the EEOC’s investigation of the charge, the agency found reasonable cause to believe the provider violated federal law by terminating an employee on the basis of age in July 2023. The company’s alleged conduct violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits employment discrimination against people 40 years of age or older.
New York: $21 Million Payout Process Begins in Columbia University Antisemitism Settlement with EEOC
Allegations
National origin discrimination; Religious discrimination; Race discrimination
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
New York
Summary
Columbia University will pay $21 million for a class settlement fund to resolve alleged civil rights violations against Columbia employees occurring on its campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. This settlement resolves EEOC charges, including a Commissioner’s Charge brought by Acting Chair Andrea Lucas in 2024 on behalf of a class of all Jewish employees, alleging that since at least Oct. 7, 2023, Columbia engaged in a pattern or practice of harassment based on national origin, religion, and/or race, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (Title VII).