EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

In an April 20, 2010 news release at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/4-20-10.cfm , the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that an insurance company will pay $30,000.00 and furnish other relief to settle an unlawful retaliation lawsuit EEOC attorneys filed on behalf of a company employee.  According to the news release, EEOC attorneys alleged in the retaliation lawsuit that the company demoted a male employee from associate sales manager to the position of sales associate in retaliation for reporting a complaint of sexual harassment he had received from an employee he supervised.  In addition, the retaliation lawsuit charged that the employee was demoted after he informed the alleged harasser, who was his supervisor, that he had reported the complaint.

Such alleged retaliation for reporting a sexual harassment complaint violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  In this regard, the EEOC is a federal agency which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including retaliation for complaining about it.  In this case, EEOC attorneys filed the retaliation lawsuit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.  Further information about the EEOC and the laws it enforces is available at www.eeoc.gov .