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 July 1 to July 15, 2024.
EEOC Lawsuits
No notifications of EEOC lawsuits during July 1 to 15, 2024
EEOC Settlements
Didlake, Inc. Pays More Than $1 Million in EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit
Allegations
Disability discrimination
Laws Involved
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
State
District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
Summary
According to the lawsuit, Didlake, a nonprofit that employs a significant number of employees with disabilities, failed to provide communications accommodations, including American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, for deaf and hard-of-hearing employees, and it maintained a policy of terminating employees who requested medical leave but did not qualify for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Beaumont Health to Pay $30,000 in EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit
Allegations
Disability Discrimination; Pregnancy Discrimination
Laws Involved
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
State
Michigan
Summary
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Beaumont terminated a Black home health aide after an unwitnessed verbal conflict with a white co-worker about a dishwasher. Afterwards, both employees discussed the incident with the director. Despite the existence of a progressive discipline policy, the director fired the Black employee but failed to discipline the white employee for her role in the conflict. The African American employee had successfully worked for Beaumont for over 20 years.
