Filed Date: April 14, 2000
Closed Date: Feb. 14, 2001
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The Los Angeles District Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, against Valley Temps, Inc. The complaint, filed in April 2000, alleged national origin discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; specifically that Defendant discharged charging party because of her national origin, Guatemalan.
The parties entered into a consent decree in February 2001. The decree, valid for two years, required Defendant to pay the charging party a total of $12,000, and to expunge her employment records. Defendant was enjoined from discriminating or retaliating in violation of Title VII, and required to provide Title VII training to the manager responsible for the conduct in this case, and report regularly to the EEOC about its compliance with the decree.
Summary Authors
Shankar Viswanathan (7/19/2007)
Last updated March 29, 2024, 3:14 a.m.
State / Territory: California
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Key Dates
Filing Date: April 14, 2000
Closing Date: Feb. 14, 2001
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
Valley Temps, 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: 12000
Order Duration: 2001 - 2003
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Discrimination-basis:
National origin discrimination
EEOC-centric:
National Origin/Ethnicity: