02/25/2025

Employers are ‘On Notice’

EEOC declares focus on anti-American bias

LeoPalace Resort, a major hotel and resort in Guam, agreed to pay more than $1.4 million to settle allegations the company provided non-Japanese employees, including workers of American national origin, with less favorable wages, benefits and terms of employment than workers from Japan in similar or subordinate positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday.

The lawsuit, EEOC v. LeoPalace Guam Corp., is the first EEOC has publicized since President Donald Trump took office and fired the commission’s chair, a commissioner and its general counsel, shaking up the make up of the agency. The settlement was announced a day before new EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas vowed to protect U.S. workers from anti-American bias.

EEOC alleged LeoPalace Resort violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects workers against employment discrimination based on national origin. Under the consent decree, LeoPalace Resort also will hire an external monitor to oversee compliance and training, review policies and procedures, conduct audits for EEOC and potentially reinstate former employees.

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