In September 2000, the EEOC district office in Seattle, Washington brought this suit against Octon Holdings, Inc., doing business as Comfort Inn Valley, a regional hotel chain, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. The complaint states that a former female employee alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it allegedly fired her because she was pregnant. After the defendant filed its initial answer and one scheduling conference was held, the parties settled and a consent decree was entered in April 2001.

In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would pay the aggrieved female $12,500, refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of sex, implement and distribute a new EEO policy, implement an internal complaint system, post an EEO notice, expunge employee files of references to this litigation, provide six hours of EEO training, and submit semiannual complaint and compliance reports. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the agreement ran for twenty-six months.

Joel Pettit - 07/06/2007


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