Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2003
Closed Date: Aug. 5, 2007
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In August 2003, the Memphis Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against Link-Paras, LLC, doing business as Comfort Suites and Microtel Inn & Suites in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However, it appears from the consent decree that the complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the three charging parties, female employees, on the basis of sex, female, by subjecting them to sexual harassment and by terminating two of the employees in retaliation for their complaints about sexual harassment. Following some scheduling orders, the parties settled the lawsuit through a consent decree at the end of August 2004.
The three-year decree, containing an anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation clause, required the defendant to: develop an anti-discrimination policy which all employees must read and sign, post and distribute notice of employee rights, provide EEO training, report any complaint regarding sexual harassment and its resolution to the EEOC for three years, make certain compliance reports to the EEOC, and pay $35,000 to be distributed among three individuals.
The decree was entered in 2004 and scheduled to last 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.
Summary Authors
Daisy Manning (10/22/2007)
Clearinghouse (12/25/2018)
Last updated April 15, 2024, 3:11 a.m.
State / Territory: Tennessee
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 29, 2003
Closing Date: Aug. 5, 2007
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Link-Paras, LLC, Private Entity/Person
Link-Parras, LLC, Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 35000
Order Duration: 2004 - 2007
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: