Filed Date: April 23, 2004
Closed Date: 2008
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In April 2004, the Philadelphia District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against Michael's Salon Di Parrucchiere Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the defendant's owner subjected the charging party, a female employee, to a sexually hostile work environment consisting of sexually explicit comments, unwelcome touching, and unwelcome sexual advances. After a single scheduling order and a status conference, it appears that the parties decided to settle in March 2005, but they did not reach a final settlement until June 2005 when they entered into a consent decree.
The three-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: post a Title VII notice, draft an anti-discrimination policy, implement a complaint procedure, distribute the anti-discrimination policy to all its employees, provide annual Title VII training for its supervisors and managerial personnel, and report to the EEOC at specified intervals. In addition, the defendant agreed to pay the charging party $17,500. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (6/18/2007)
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Last updated March 20, 2024, 3:12 a.m.
State / Territory: New Jersey
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: April 23, 2004
Closing Date: 2008
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
Michael's Salon Di Parrucchiere Inc. (Hackettstown, NJ), 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: 17500
Order Duration: 2005 - 2008
Content of Injunction:
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: