Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2003
Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2003
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In September 2003, the EEOC district office in Phoenix, Arizona brought this suit against Uniflex Southwest, LLC, doing business as Cycle Plastics, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The complaint states that a female employee alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it refused to train her and demoted her for complaining about discrimination because of her sex. Four women were awarded relief in the suit. The defendant never entered a formal answer and settled in December 2003. A consent decree was entered that month.
In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of sex, pay $25,000 to the aggrieved parties, provide job-training, offer the complainants better positions if and when they became available, issued neutral reference letters, expunge its employment records, implement and distribute its EEO policy, post an EEO notice, post the consent decree, provide EEO training, and submit semiannual compliance reports. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement ran for two years.
Summary Authors
Joel Pettit (6/28/2007)
Last updated April 24, 2024, 3:04 a.m.
State / Territory: New Mexico
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 11, 2003
Closing Date: Dec. 1, 2003
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
Uniflex, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Uniflex, Inc., 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: 25000
Order Duration: 2003 - 2005
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: