Monroe-Malone Health Lawsuit: Allegations, Retaliation, Prior Case

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Management Registry, Inc., which does business as Malone Workforce Solutions, in June 2025, alleging that the healthcare staffing company subjected female employees at its Omaha office to sexual harassment and retaliated against a worker who reported it.¹ The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska after pre-litigation conciliation failed.

What the EEOC Alleges

According to the complaint, male employees at the Omaha office carried on pervasive, sexually explicit conversations in open workspaces and directed derogatory comments at female coworkers. The EEOC says that conduct created a hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.¹

Andrea G. Baran, regional attorney for the EEOC’s St. Louis District Office, said in a statement that “degrading sexual comments that are pervasive and both objectively and subjectively offensive create an unlawful hostile work environment,” and that employers have an obligation to prevent such conduct and stop it immediately when it occurs.¹

The Retaliation Claim

A female employee reported the harassment to management, and the EEOC alleges her concerns were dismissed. She was returned to the same workspace near the employees she had complained about and placed on a performance improvement plan. The agency says those actions forced her to resign.¹

Where the Case Stands

The lawsuit, captioned EEOC v. Management Registry, Inc. d/b/a Malone Workforce Solutions (Case No. 8:25-cv-00432), was filed on June 30, 2025.¹ Management Registry filed its answer on January 20, 2026, and no settlement has been reported.²

The case is in discovery. A status conference was scheduled for June 25, 2026, and depositions are due by August 16, 2027. The February 2026 progression order noted that a future conference would address the parties’ interest in settlement.² Malone Workforce Solutions has not publicly commented on the allegations.

Prior Federal Action Against the Company

This is not the company’s first federal enforcement matter over employee treatment. In 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment against Management Registry, Inc., then doing business as Malone Staffing, in the Southern District of Indiana. The case, Perez v. Management Registry, Inc., arose after the company fired an assembly line worker at its Greensburg, Indiana office for seeking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act.³

Investigators found that the company failed to give the worker the required 15 days to provide medical certification and lacked a written FMLA policy altogether. It had also failed to display mandatory FMLA posters or provide required notices. The consent judgment ordered Management Registry to pay $10,000 in lost wages and liquidated damages and to distribute updated employee handbooks with proper FMLA information at its Greensburg location.³

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EEOC. EEOC Sues Healthcare Staffing Company for Sexual Harassment
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PACER Monitor. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Management Registry, Inc.
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U.S. Department of Labor. Court Orders Malone Staffing to Pay $10,000 After Firing Worker for Seeking FMLA Leave