©2024 Seyfarth Shaw LLP EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2043 EDITION | 25 doctor’s notes and firing her before she could do so for violation of other work rules, which the EEOC claimed was pretextual. Under the Consent Decree, Grady also stipulated to certain injunctive relief, including allowing the EEOC to monitor future accommodation requests. EEOC v. Fischer Connectors, Inc., 1:22-cv-03884 (N.D. Ga.) According to the EEOC, Swiss-based manufacturer Fischer Connectors settled an ADEA lawsuit in which the EEOC alleged that defendant intentionally designed a plan to eliminate older employees in favor of a newer, younger workforce. The parties entered into a Consent Decree pursuant to which Fischer will pay $460,000, train employees on the ADEA, post a notice about anti-discrimination laws, and be subject to EEOC monitoring. KEY CASES FILED IN FY 2023 EEOC vs. TCI of Alabama LLC, 4:23-cv-1200 (N.D. Ala.) The EEOC filed suit alleging that TCI retaliated against a manager in violation of Title VII after a female job applicant filed a charge against the company. During TCI’s internal investigation into the charge, the manager explained that TCI had a practice of not hiring female laborers dating back to the company’s founding. Allegedly, TCI’s president pressured the manager to change his story, but the manager refused and was terminated. EEOC vs. Security Engineers Inc., 2:23-cv-1213 (N.D. Ala.) The EEOC sued Security Engineers alleging that since March of 2017, it discriminated against a nationwide class of female applicants by refusing to hire or assign them to security officer positions because of their sex. Specifically, the EEOC alleged that defendant complied with its clients’ discriminatory requests for male security officers and now seeks monetary damages including back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and injunctive relief. KEY SETTLEMENTS SECURED IN FY 2023 EEOC v. Mueller Co. LLC and IH Servs. Inc., 4:23-cv-552 (N.D. Ala.) Defendants Mueller Co. LLC and IH Services agreed to pay $150,000 and provide other relief to settle claims of sexual harassment and retaliation under Title VII. In its suit, the EEOC alleged they subjected female cleaning workers IH assigned to Mueller’s facilities to unwanted sexual comments and touching. In addition to the monetary relief, the parties’ three-year Consent Decree committed both defendants to review and revise their sexual harassment and retaliation policies, post or distribute them to employees, and provide annual training to employees on such policies. EEOC Birmingham District Office DISTRICT PROFILE Director: Bradley A. Anderson Regional Attorney: Marsha Rucker Merit Cases Filed in FY 2023: 7 (T-6th) Average Days Between Determination Letter & Failure to Conciliate: 40 Average Days Between Failure to Conciliate & Complaint: 92 Average Days Between Determination Letter & Complaint: 132 MS AL FL Birmingham
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