Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006
Closed Date: 2010
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In September 2006, the Philadelphia District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against BVI Precision Materials Company in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the charging party, a female employee, to sexual harassment consisting of sexually offensive remarks and unwelcome sexual advances. In addition, the defendant retaliated against the charging party by terminating her in response to her complaints of the sexual harassment. The charging party intervened in the suit in December 2006, and the parties settled through a consent decree about two months later in February 2007.
The three-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: give the charging party a neutral reference, post a notice of this decree, develop an anti-discrimination policy and complaint procedure, distribute the policy to all its employees, provide annual Title VII training for its supervisors and mangers, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay the charging party $80,000. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2010.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (6/15/2007)
Cooper, Ronald S. (District of Columbia)
Lee, James L. (District of Columbia)
McNair, Jacqueline H. (Pennsylvania)
O'Boyle, Judith A. (Pennsylvania)
Ramos, Marisol (Pennsylvania)
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State / Territory: Pennsylvania
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 29, 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
BVI Precision Materials Company (Reading, PA), 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: 80000
Order Duration: 2007 - 2010
Content of Injunction:
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: