Unequal Treatment Discrimination Lawsuit

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”) announced in an August 12, 2009 Press Release that a packaging and warehousing company will pay $57,500.00 and furnish other relief to settle a federal race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by EEOC attorneys in East St. Louis, Illinois.  See, http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-12-09b.html .  According to the Press Release, the EEOC’s lawsuit charged that the company failed to provide a black employee the pay raise and health insurance coverage provided to his white co-workers, and then fired him in retaliation for filing a charge of race discrimination with the EEOC.  As stated in the Press Release, race discrimination and retaliation for complaining about such disparate treatment violate 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 race discrimination and retaliation for complaining about unequal treatment based on race.  Further information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov . 

Whether employment related unequal treatment of workers based on race occurs in Conroe, Houston, Wharton or elsewhere, victims of workplace disparate tretament may contact the EEOC and an attorney to determine if a race discrimination lawsuit is ultimately appropriate under the particular facts and circumstances of the potential employment discrimination claim.