In April 2004, the EEOC district office in Chicago, Illinois brought this action against T-Mobile USA, Inc., a national cellular phone service provider, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII by subjecting a female employee to sexual harassment and firing her in retaliation when she filed charges with the EEOC. After cursory discovery and a plethora of scheduling conferences, the parties settled and a consent decree was entered in November 2005.

In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would refrain from retaliating and discriminating based on sex, pay the aggrieved woman $100,000, post an EEO notice, and submit semiannual complaint reports to to the EEOC. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement ran for two years.

Jason Chester - 07/12/2007


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