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 February 1 to March 15, 2025.
EEOC Lawsuits
Michigan: EEOC Sues Taco Bell Franchisees for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation
Allegations
Sex discrimination; Sexual harassment
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
Michigan
Summary
According to the lawsuit, for months, the upper-level manager sexually harassed female employees, including underage employees, on a near-daily basis at multiple Taco Bell restaurants he supervised. The harassment included inappropriate sexual comments, such as asking if underage employees were sexually active, asking an employee if she would give him “sugar” when she turned 18, unwanted and inappropriate touching of females under age 18, and asking an assistant manager for videos or images of her having sex with her boyfriend.
The defendants failed to take effective action against the senior manager, despite receiving multiple complaints from different employees, supervisors and managers. On the same day a local assistant manager complained of the senior area manager’s sexual harassment, she was fired. After that complaint, the senior area manager continued to sexually harass female employees for several months until he was eventually fired.
EEOC Settlements
Alabama: Security Engineers, Inc. to Pay $1.6 Million in EEOC Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Allegations
Sex discrimination
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
Alabama
Summary
In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Security Engineers engaged in sex discrimination throughout Alabama when the company denied security officer jobs and assignments to a class of women, beginning in at least 2017. The EEOC’s court filings referred to discriminatory directives in the Security Engineers human resources database that said: “DO NOT schedule a female for this post” and “Post is MALE ONLY!” The EEOC also alleged that Security Engineers personnel admitted to some women applicants that they would not be selected for security positions or assignments because of sex. The EEOC’s complaint alleged that Security Engineers maintained a pattern or practice of sex discrimination for several years, denying women security officer opportunities despite their experience in security, law enforcement or the military.
Guam: LeoPalace Resort to Pay Over $1.4 Million in EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit
Allegations
National origin discrimination
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
State
Guam
Summary
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, from as early as 2015, LeoPalace provided non-Japanese employees—including multiple former employees of American national origin—in Guam with less favorable wages, benefits, and terms and conditions of employment compared to employees from Japan who held equal or lesser positions.
Washington: Washington Unified School District to Pay $17,000 in EEOC Age Discrimination Charge
Allegations
Age discrimination
Laws Involved
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
State
Washington
Summary
An EEOC charge of discrimination was filed in April 2022, alleging that the employee was denied reasonable accommodation, subjected to different terms and conditions of employment, and finally discharged because of age and disability. The EEOC investigated the allegations and found reasonable cause to believe the Washington Unified School District had violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), when it denied equal terms and conditions of employment and discharged a math teacher due to the employee’s age, 65.
