On February 17, 2004, the Dallas District Office of the EEOC filed this suit in the Northern District of Texas under Title I of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 against Jack of All Trades Personnel Services, Inc. The EEOC, who brought this ...
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On February 17, 2004, the Dallas District Office of the EEOC filed this suit in the Northern District of Texas under Title I of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 against Jack of All Trades Personnel Services, Inc. The EEOC, who brought this action on behalf of a class of job-seekers who applied for positions with Jack of All Trades, asked the court for monetary and injunctive relief, alleging that the Defendant company had engaged in discriminatory hiring practices. Specifically, the EEOC claimed that Jack of All Trades forced prospective employees to submit to an unlawful chiropractic examination and relied on the results of that exam as a basis to deny hire.
On April 14, 2004, Jack of All Trades moved to have the matter dismissed due to improper venue, and alternatively requested a change of venue. On June 1, 2004, Judge Barefoot Sanders denied the motion to dismiss but granted the Defendant's motion for change of venue. EEOC v. Jack of All Trades Personnel Services, Inc., 2004 WL 1217943. The case was subsequently transferred to the Western District of Texas.
After participating in alternative dispute resolution, the parties entered a Consent Decree on February 9, 2005. The Decree, which was for a term of three years, provided for a prohibition of disability discrimination, mandatory reporting to the EEOC, and a monetary award of $154,224 to be distributed among identified individuals who had been subjected to Jack of All Trade's discriminatory hiring practices.
Jennifer Gitter - 04/06/2013
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