Houston Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

In a Press Release at http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-22-09c.html , the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”) announced that its attorneys filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Houston branch of a security personnel company, alleging that the company violated federal law by reassigning a class of female security guards based on customer preference for male guards.  According to the September 22, 2009 EEOC Press Release, attorneys filed the lawsuit in Houston, charging that the company subjected female employees to unequal terms and conditions of employment by assigning or reassigning them as security guards on customer preference for male security guards in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  An EEOC attorney quoted in the Press Release stated that “It is disappointing when able workers are denied work because of their gender.”  In this regard, the EEOC is a federal agency which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including sex or gender discrimination.  Further information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov .