Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2004
Closed Date: 2008
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In September 2004, the Indianapolis District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Protis Executive Innovations, a professional recruitment and placement agency, alleging discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The complaint specifically alleged that the defendant coded applications by age and denied referrals to applicants age 40 and older because of their ages. Following a settlement conference, the parties settled the lawsuit in March 2005 through a consent decree.
The three-year consent decree, containing anti-discrimination and retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: to update its recruitment database so that it can regularly search the database for age-related references to applicants; stop using age-related terms, birth dates, or age codes in its database, except
where the applicant has voluntarily provided such information or where age is a bona fide occupational qualification for the position; keep records of any age discriminatory requests from
clients and report the requests to EEOC within 5 days; inform clients in writing within 5 days that both the client and defendant are prohibited under federal law from discriminating against job candidates on any protected basis, that defendant will not discriminate against job candidates on any protected basis, and that defendant will cease making referrals to the client unless it receives a written commitment of nondiscrimination from the client; make compliance reports to the EEOC; keep records; allow the EEOC access for monitoring; post notice of employee rights; provide training; and pay $150,000 to affected individuals identified by the Commission.
The terms of the agreement were to run for 3 years. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Daisy Manning (3/18/2008)
Clearinghouse (6/10/2017)
Last updated April 1, 2024, 3:01 a.m.
State / Territory: Indiana
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 28, 2004
Closing Date: 2008
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
Protis Executive Innovations, Inc. (Avon, Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.
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: 150000
Order Duration: 2005 - 2008
Content of Injunction:
Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Discrimination-basis:
EEOC-centric: