On May 18, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of a black employee, filed a lawsuit in the Southern District Court of Texas, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, against Phoenix Industrial, Inc. and Phoenix Services. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and other forms of affirmative relief claiming that the defendant subjected the complainant to a racially hostile work environment because of his race, Black, and then discharged the complainant in retaliation for his opposition to the racially hostile work environment.

On August 15, 2006, the District Court (Judge Hayden Head) entered a consent decree where the defendant, among other things, agreed to pay the complainant $16,000.

Perry Miska - 05/09/2014


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