Filed Date: May 8, 2006
Closed Date: 2010
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In May 2006, the EEOC's Houston office filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas against Petrofac Services, Inc., alleging it had violated the Equal Pay Act by purposely compensating a female employee less than her male counterparts who held similar positions performing substantially the same work. The charging party, a female, received $50,000 a year in compensation for the position of Buyer. The defendant then hired a male Buyer at $60,000 a year and then another male Buyer at $65,000 a year. The case proceeded until the parties proposed a consent decree in February 2007 that the court adopted that same month. The consent decree ordered the defendant to pay the charging party $15,000 in exchange for a waiver of her remaining potential claims. The decree also enjoined the defendant from discriminating or retaliating in the future and required it to institute training sessions for its employees on the topic of the illegality of the Equal Pay Act and required it to maintain records of future complainants and submit them to the EEOC. The settlement term was 3 years. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2010.
Summary Authors
Tony Friedman (9/1/2007)
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Stacy, Frances H. (Texas)
Stacy, Frances H. (Texas)
Last updated March 13, 2024, 3:06 a.m.
State / Territory: Texas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: May 8, 2006
Closing Date: 2010
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
Petrofac Services, Inc. (Houston), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)
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: 15000
Order Duration: 2007 - 2010
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Comply with advertising/recruiting requirements
Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
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