Houston Discrimination Lawsuit

The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”) is a federal agency which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, and anyone who believes he or she has been subjected to discriminatory employment practices in the Houston area may contact the EEOC’s Houston District Office, which is located in downtown Houston and may be reached by telephone at (713)209-3372.  In this regard, an EEOC Press Release at http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-24-09a.html states that agency attorneys filed a workplace discrimination lawsuit against a Houston area automotive dealership and service center, alleging that the business subjected a white male worker over the age of 40 to unlawful harassment based on his race, age and sex by his African American supervisor.  According to the September 24, 2009 EEOC Press Release,  the worker found his sales paperwork in his supervisor’s waste basket and the supervisor told him he would process his deals.  The EEOC said that the worker complained to higher management to no avail, and continued harassment and retaliatory treatment forced him to resign.  An EEOC Houston attorney quoted in the Press Release commented that the federal agency will vigorously prosecute all violations of workplace anti-discrimination laws.  EEOC attorneys filed the employment discrimination lawsuit in Houston after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. 

Whether work related employment discrimination, including racial discrimination, occurs in Houston or elsewhere, victims of employment discrimination may contact the EEOC and an attorney to determine if a Houston employment discrimination lawsuit is ultimately appropriate under the particular facts and circumstances of the potential discrimination claim.  Further information about the EEOC is available in the agency’s website at www.eeoc.gov .