The Baltimore Office of the EEOC filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The Defendants were Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education and Seafarers International Union, an apprenticeship program that trains people who wish to become mariners in the U.S. Merchant Marines. The controversy involved the explicit failure of the Defendant to admit applicants over the age of 25, including those over 40, in violation of the ADEA. The lawsuit was filed in September of 2002 and was resolved by consent decree in November of 2005. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss on the basis that the applicable regulation was invalid, which was denied by the district court. The court allowed an interlocutory appeal of this decision, and the Fourth Circuit affirmed. EEOC v. Seafarers Int'l Union, 394 F.3d 197 (4th Cir. 2005). The 44 complainants, who did not intervene in the case, were awarded $625,000. In addition, the company had to hold a training seminar for hiring and management personnel and to post a Notice. The decree was to last for five years. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2010.

Kevin Wilemon - 07/22/2007
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