Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. will pay $245,000 and change how it handles pregnancy accommodation requests to resolve a federal lawsuit alleging that it refused to accommodate a pregnant worker at its Tar Heel, North Carolina, pork processing facility and then fired her, the U.S.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has rescinded its 2012 guidance on how employers may consider job applicants' and workers' arrest and conviction records, the agency announced Thursday, Oct. 29. The commission voted on Wednesday, Oct.
ITS Logistics, a third-party logistics company based in Reno, Nevada, has agreed to pay more than $396,000 to resolve a religious harassment charge brought by a former employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday, Oct. 26.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed two new federal disability discrimination lawsuits in two days, accusing BNSF Railway and Solera Holdings of firing workers with disabilities instead of giving them a fair chance to do their jobs.
NatWest Group will require its hybrid and remote-first staff in the U.K. to work from the office at least two days a week starting in February 2027, a change that drew sharp criticism from the Unite union on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
