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:
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
Disability discrimination
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
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
Disability Discrimination; Pregnancy Discrimination
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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.
