The Phoenix office of the EEOC brought this suit against JPI Partners LLC and JPI Arizona Apartment Management LLC in December 2002 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The complaint alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. More specifically, both the EEOC complaint and later the intervenor complaint alleged the defendant disciplined and discharged the complainant based on her sex, female, and her being pregnant. The court allowed the complainant to intervene in the suit in April 2003 and then in September 2003 consolidated this case with the case brought by the intervenor and her husband 92:03-cv-00064-DGC). After a discovery dispute and the denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment, the parties entered a consent decree.

The decree included non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to post its anti-discrimination policy, and required the defendant to preserve all personnel records relevant to the determination of whether employment practices in violation of Title VII have been or are being committed. The defendant also agreed to provide annual EEO training to all employees and agreed to submit annual reports regarding compliance with the consent decree. The injunctive parts of the decree had a two year term. In the event of non-compliance, the decree called for court enforcement, notice and chance to remedy, and an indefinite extension of the decree. JPI also agreed to pay $135,000 to the complainant.

Kevin Wilemon - 08/05/2008


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