Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2005
Closed Date: May 22, 2008
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In September 2005, the Memphis District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Orkin, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However, it appears from the consent decree that the complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to reinstate the charging party, a Black employee, to his position as a service manager and paid him lower wages because of his race. After some scheduling orders, the parties settled in May 2006 though a consent decree.
The two-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: provide Title VII training for its managers and supervisors, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, post a Title VII notice, expunge the charging party's personnel file from all references to the charge of discrimination, provide the charging party with a neutral reference, and pay $75,000. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (7/9/2007)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4666370/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-orkin-inc/
Pham, Tu M. (Tennessee)
Pham, Tu M. (Tennessee)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4666370/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-orkin-inc/
Last updated Feb. 7, 2024, 3:19 a.m.
State / Territory: Tennessee
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 12, 2005
Closing Date: May 22, 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
Orkin, Inc., 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: 75000
Order Duration: 2006 - 2008
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Race:
EEOC-centric: