Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2006
Closed Date: March 29, 2009
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In August 2006, the Baltimore Field Office of the EEOC brought this suit against EarthData International, Inc. (formerly known as EarthData Holdings, Inc.) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (the "EPA"). Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant had paid the charging party, a female employee, lower wages than her successor, a male employee, because of her sex. After some scheduling orders, the parties settled in March 2007 through a consent decree.
The two-year consent decree contained a non-discrimination clause and required the defendant to: provide EEO training for all its employees, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay $25,000 to the charging party.
The terms of the agreement were to run for 2 years. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (7/23/2007)
Clearinghouse (6/10/2017)
Last updated March 19, 2024, 3:02 a.m.
State / Territory: Maryland
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 22, 2006
Closing Date: March 29, 2009
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
EarthData International, Inc. (Frederick, MD), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 25000
Order Duration: 2007 - 2009
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: