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Case Name
EEOC v. S & Z Tool & Die Co., Inc.
EE-OH-0062
Docket / Court
1:03CV2023 ( N.D. Ohio )
State/Territory
Ohio
Case Type(s)
Equal Employment
Special Collection
EEOC Study -- in sample
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Attorney Organization
EEOC
Case Summary
In September 2003, the EEOC district office in Cleveland, Ohio brought this suit against S&Z Tool & Die Co., a tool & die manufacturer and distributor, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. One African-American female who was denied hire intervened. The EEOC and intervenor' ...
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In September 2003, the EEOC district office in Cleveland, Ohio brought this suit against S&Z Tool & Die Co., a tool & die manufacturer and distributor, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. One African-American female who was denied hire intervened. The EEOC and intervenor's complaints alleged that S&Z repeatedly violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and section 4112.99 of the Ohio Revised Code, respectively, when it refused to hire females for any other position than receptionist. The EEOC also alleged violations of race discrimination based on findings made while investigating the intervenor's initial sex discrimination claim. After only one case management hearing and two status reports, the parties settled the case and a consent decree was entered.
Per the consent decree, the defendant must (1) not discriminate on the basis of sex and/or race; (2) post Title VII notices conspicuously; (3) provide two hours of training for non-supervisory employees and four hours of training for supervisory employees; (4) employ an EEO Consultant to monitor the day-to-day Title VII compliance; (5) allow the EEOC to revise the defendant's current anti-discrimination policy; (6) pay intervenor $30,000 in satisfaction for her refusal to hire claim, $30,000 for attorney's fees and $60,000 for compensatory damages; and (7) pay $850,000 in a "Class Fund" to satisfy any future claims of unidentified (but at least 20) class members. The decree was to last for 39 months. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
Joel Pettit - 06/06/2007
- 06/11/2017
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Female
Content of Injunction
Discrimination Prohibition
Follow recruitment, hiring, or promotion protocols
Goals (e.g., for hiring, admissions)
Hire
Implement complaint/dispute resolution process
Monitoring
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Recordkeeping
Reporting
Retaliation Prohibition
Utilize objective hiring/promotion criteria
Discrimination-area
Hiring
Discrimination-basis
Race discrimination
Sex discrimination
EEOC-centric
Direct Suit on Merits
Private Party intervened in EEOC suit
General
Disparate Treatment
Pattern or Practice
Plaintiff Type
EEOC Plaintiff
Private Plaintiff
Race
Black
Causes of Action
State Anti-Discrimination Law
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. ยง 2000e
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
S&Z Tool & Die Co., Inc.
Plaintiff Description
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations
EEOC
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Yes
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer
Yes
Nature of Relief
Damages
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief
Settlement
Form of Settlement
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration
2006 - 2009
Filed
09/30/2003
Case Closing Year
2009
Case Ongoing
No
Documents
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Court
Docket(s)
N.D. Ohio
04/02/2007
1:03-cv-02023 KMO
EE-OH-0062-9000.pdf
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General Documents
N.D. Ohio
09/30/2003
Complaint and Jury Trial Demand [ECF# 1]
EE-OH-0062-0001.pdf
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Ohio
12/04/2003
Complaint of Intervenor Molly Baron (Jury Demand Endorsed Hereon) [ECF# 6-2]
EE-OH-0062-0004.pdf
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N.D. Ohio
01/08/2004
Complaint of Intervenor Molly Baron (Jury Demand Endorsed Hereon) [ECF# 10]
EE-OH-0062-0007.pdf
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Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Ohio
08/16/2006
Consent Decree [ECF# 20]
EE-OH-0062-0011.pdf
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Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
not recorded
08/25/2006
EEOC Press Release
EE-OH-0062-0012.pdf
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