Labor & Employment Law

$1,505,000 settles sex and age discrimination suit

EEOC and Arapahoe Motors d/b/a Ralph Schomp Automotive have settled a sex and age discrimination suit for $1,505,000.

EEOC claimed that five women were subjected to sex discrimination and a sexually hostile work environment, including offensive verbal comments and physical touching, demotion, refusal to transfer, salary reduction, and failure to promote.

EEOC also claimed that five older male employees were terminated because of their ages and replaced with younger, less experienced workers, and that a manager in his twenties made age-related comments prior to the terminations and younger employees with lower sales numbers were retained.

[Press release]

Full post as published by Ross' Employment Law Blog on January 08, 2010 (boomark / email).