The Philadelphia Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, against Clifford B. Finkle Jr. Inc. The complaint, filed in September 2003, alleged sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically that Defendant subjected charging party to sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work environment. The charging party intervened in April 2004 and the parties entered into a consent decree in April 2005.

According to the EEOC settlement report, the decree was valid for two years and required Defendant to pay charging party a total of $225,000. Defendant was enjoined from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in violation of Title VII and required to post a notice of non-discrimination at its facility, create an anti-harassment policy and distribute it to its employees, provide annual EEO training to its employees, maintain records of complaints of harassment and allow the EEOC to monitor its compliance with the decree. We do not have copies of the EEOC's complaint or the consent decree for this case.

Shankar Viswanathan - 07/25/2007


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