Lawyers Settle Race Discrimination Lawsuit

The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”) enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including race discrimination which violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  In this regard, EEOC lawyers announced in a January 8, 2010 Press Release that a Cleveland automobile dealership will pay $85,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit.  According to the EEOC Press Release, EEOC lawyers charged in the case that since 2007 the automobile dealership subjected a class of African Americans to different terms and conditions of employment and a hostile work environment on the basis of race.  In the EEOC Press Release found at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/8-1-10.cfm , the federal agency claimed further that the discriminatory conduct included racial epithets and also involved management making sales team assignments based upon race.  In addition, EEOC lawyers alleged that an individual was retaliated against after he complained about the unlawful discrimination.

Further information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov .

Whether unlawful employment related race discrimination and retaliation for complaining about it occurs in Texas or elsewhere, victims of workplace racial discrimination may contact the EEOC and a lawyer to determine whether an employment discrimination lawsuit is ultimately appropriate under the particular circumstances and facts of the potential harassment claim.