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 January 1 to 15, 2026.
- EEOC Lawsuits
- EEOC Settlements
- California: TEG Staffing, Inc. to Pay $185,000 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
- Florida: Kentucky Fried Chicken to Pay $200,000 for EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Charge
- Florida: Motel 6 to Pay $50,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge
- New York: Walmart to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
- Texas: Peak Performers to Pay $160,000 in EEOC Disability Lawsuit
EEOC Lawsuits
No posted actions this period.
EEOC Settlements
California: TEG Staffing, Inc. to Pay $185,000 in EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit
Allegations
Sex discrimination; Pregnancy discrimination
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act; Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
State
California
Summary
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee assigned by the company to work at Feit Electric’s Pico Rivera, California warehouse location was subjected to sex discrimination when she was discharged by Eastridge and Feit because of her pregnancy. In addition, the lawsuit charged that other female employees handled by Eastridge were discriminated against in violation of federal law because of their pregnancy since at least 2019.
Florida: Kentucky Fried Chicken to Pay $200,000 for EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Charge
Allegations
Sex discrimination; Sexual harassment; Retaliation
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
Florida
Summary
During the EEOC’s charge investigation, the agency found reasonable cause to believe KFC violated federal law by subjecting an employee to a sexually hostile work environment and then firing her in January 2022 in retaliation for objecting to the sexual harassment. The investigation also identified a second affected employee.
Florida: Motel 6 to Pay $50,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Charge
Allegations
Disability discrimination; Reasonable accommodation
Laws Involved
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
State
Florida
Summary
According to the charge filed with the agency, the Lakeland Motel 6 discriminated against an employee of the basis of disability, ultimately forcing her to quit her job in approximately July 2023.
New York: Walmart to Pay $60,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
Allegations
Disability discrimination; Reasonable accommodation
Laws Involved
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
State
New York
Summary
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Walmart revoked disability accommodations provided to an employee at its Farmingdale, New York supercenter, which allowed her to successfully perform her job as a customer availability process associate since 2017. The employee’s managers had given her positive performance ratings, describing her as “very dedicated to her position” and providing “valued performance.”
In January 2020, however, Walmart managers who were new to the Farmingdale location discontinued accommodations designed to help the employee, who has hearing, speech and cognitive impairments, to understand her daily assignments. One day, this failure to reasonably accommodate her disabilities led to a conflict about her tasks for the day, which prompted Walmart to fire her for insubordination, according to the suit.
Texas: Peak Performers to Pay $160,000 in EEOC Disability Lawsuit
Allegations
Disability discrimination; Reasonable accommodation
Laws Involved
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
State
Texas
Summary
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, following a suicide attempt resulting from mental health conditions, an executive assistant with a disability requested approximately four to six weeks of unpaid leave to receive outpatient medical treatment. The EEOC’s lawsuit alleged that even though executives at Peak Performers knew the executive assistant asked for time off to seek treatment for mental health-related disabilities, the company denied her brief, unpaid leave request and instead fired her in April 2024. Ultimately, the executive assistant completed her treatment and would have been able to return to her job within three weeks, according to the EEOC’s suit.