In September 1999, the EEOC's Miami District Office brought suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, against Intracoastal Health Systems and St. Mary's Hospital. The complaint alleged the female employees at the defendants' West Palm Beach facility were given reduced workloads because of their sex and were forced to change shifts to accommodate male employees, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

One of the female employees intervened as a plaintiff, and in February 2000 the case was consolidated by consent motion with a separate action that she had previously brought against the defendants (9:99-cv-08053). The case was referred to mediation, which resulted in a settlement. In February 2001, a consent decree was entered. The defendants agreed to pay a total of $90,000 and were ordered to distribute their anti-discrimination policy and to provide training in anti-discrimination law for shift schedulers.

Shankar Viswanathan - 06/05/2008


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