Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2000
Closed Date: March 21, 2001
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In September 2000, the EEOC district office of Little Rock, Arkansas brought this suit against Global Material Services in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The complaint alleged a hostile work environment and the constructive discharge of several female employees in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The three plaintiff intervenors alleged that the defendant's managers disseminated home phone numbers that led to harassing phone calls from co-workers, requested sexual favors, sexually touched, and sexually joked with the aggrieved women.
In February of 2001, the parties settled and a consent decree was entered. In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant and its agents would not discriminate or retaliate on the basis of sex; train all employees concerning the Title VII prohibitions on sex discrimination and retaliation; further train a select few employees on how to prevent sexual harassment; and that all reports of sexual harassment would be given to its human resources office in Memphis, Tennessee within 30 days of the report date. The decree also stated that the defendant would post the notice that the EEOC requires it to conspicuously post concerning Title VII. Individually, the plaintiff intervenors received amounts of $112,500, $93,750 and $93,750 in satisfaction of all damages and future claims. Lastly, the defendant was to provide a neutral reference letter for each of the aggrieved employees and make no reference to this litigation or complaints thereof in any personnel files. Attorney's fees were not awarded.
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Jason Chester (6/1/2007)
Last updated April 3, 2024, 3:07 a.m.
State / Territory: Arkansas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 25, 2000
Closing Date: March 21, 2001
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
Global Material Services (Pine Bluff, Arkansas), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
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: 300000
Order Duration: 2001 - 2003
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: