Employers should prepare for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pay more attention to the caliber of their internal investigations into workplace harassment, some employment lawyers said.

Requiring workers who smoke to pay more for health insurance violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by unfairly targeting employees because of their health status, according to the suit.

Most of the cases focused on gender discrimination, but two of the suits alleged pregnancy discrimination and two others claimed mistreatment of transgender employees.

"Defendant Regent made the calculated decision, in consultation with its lawyers, that it could save money because of an alleged loophole in the WARN Act; namely, that it supposedly did not apply to fully or partially remote workers. However, that is not correct," the suit claims.

"As the largest employer in the world, Amazon makes clear that it does not believe the law applies to it and that they are free to treat their employees how they see fit. The law does not support this belief," the plaintiff said in a court filing.

"We believed in our case, and that is why we committed so many resources to litigating it. And in the end, you know, I believe that we got a very excellent result," said Sherrie R. Savett of Berger Montague, who represented the plaintiff.

The app allegedly routinely turns down requests for disability accommodation, the lawsuit claims.

"This agreement is an example of what independent, flexible work with dignity should look like in the 21st Century. We are thrilled to see more policymakers supporting portable benefits and innovative frameworks to improve independent work," Uber CLO Tony West said.