In September 2006, the Miami office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Valley Manor South, Inc. d/b/a Halpern's Ethan Allen in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The complaint alleged that the defendant's owner subjected the claimants to unwelcome verbal and ...
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In September 2006, the Miami office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Valley Manor South, Inc. d/b/a Halpern's Ethan Allen in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The complaint alleged that the defendant's owner subjected the claimants to unwelcome verbal and physical of a sexual nature sufficiently severe and pervasive to constitute a hostile work environment. The parties settled the case by entry of a consent decree in January 2007.
The two year consent decree required the defendant to pay a lump sum of $150,000 to the claimants (including $50,000 in attorneys' fees), refrain from discrimination and retaliation, distribute and post notice of its new anti-discrimination policy, keep records of any complaints of discrimination, sexual harassment, and/or retaliation, provide yearly training for all employees, and give the EEOC bi-annual reports of any complaints of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and/or retaliation. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2009.
Kevin Wilemon - 06/14/2007
- 06/13/2017
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