Month: August 2026

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC Sues Washington University for Retaliation

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ST. LOUIS — Washington University, a private research university in St. Louis, violated federal law when it fired an employee in retaliation for her opposition to race discrimination and filing a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency alleged in a lawsuit announced today.

U.S. Civil Service — Independent Agencies — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Ground Zero Blues Club to Pay $35,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

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MOBILE, Ala. – Ground Zero Biloxi LLC, operator of the Ground Zero Blues Club, a music venue and restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi, will pay $35,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

Washington

Seismic worries fuel exodus from WA transportation agency’s headquarters

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The Washington State Department of Transportation is relocating employees and scaling back access to its aging headquarters on the Capitol Campus in Olympia amid continuing concerns about the building’s structural integrity. On average, fewer than 50 people a day work in the four-story edifice on the east side of the campus, across the street from…