On May 19, 1995 the United States Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. ("Title VII") in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the Steubenville City Board of Education. The D.O.J. asked the court for injunctive relief, ...
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On May 19, 1995 the United States Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, et seq. ("Title VII") in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the Steubenville City Board of Education. The D.O.J. asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendant had violated Title VII by discriminating on the basis of sex against employees through a disparity in pay and denying equal opportunity to certain positions.
The complaint alleges that the defendant: (1) paid female employees less than males employees for similar jobs and (2) adopted and maintained gender-segregated job classifications for janitorial positions in the Steubenville School District.
On May 19, 1995, Joint Stipulations of Fact were entered that stated: (1) the defendant maintains two separate classifications for its janitorial employees: Custodian Class I (males) and Custodian Class II (females) and (2) two females were offered Custodian Class II positions that scored lower on a service examination than a specific male plaintiff.
A proposed Consent Decree was entered by the court (Judge James L. Graham) on August 28, 1995 that stated: (1) the defendant shall not discriminate against any employee, applicant, or potential applicant or retaliate because an individual opposed discriminatory practices; (2) the defendant shall no longer maintain separate janitorial job classifications based on sex and compensate men and women for positions on the same basis; (3) the named plaintiff will receive compensatory relief.
On October 13, 1998, the judge dismissed the case.
Erin Forman - 10/14/2007
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