Harassment of Mexican Bakery Workers Results in $350,000 Fine
EEOC points out that the company failed to take action to address harassment by a manager.
March 30, 2010 at 08:00 PM
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Gonnella Baking Co., a Chicago-area bakery products company, will pay $350,000 to settle a national origin harassment and retaliation suit filed by the Equal Employment Oppor-tunity Commission (EEOC) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The agency pointed out that the company failed to take action to address harassment by a manager, despite numerous complaints from several employees. According to a release announcing the settlement:
“In its suit, the EEOC charged that Gonnella tolerated harassment of employees of Mexican national origin by a manager at its Aurora, Ill., facility and, when a number of those employees complained about the harassment, the manager retaliated against them by subjecting them to further verbal harassment, longer hours, and harsher working conditions. The EEOC sought relief for a class of seven employees, four of whom intervened in the suit as plaintiffs.”
Read the complete EEOC release here: http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/3-30-10a.cfm
Gonnella Baking Co., a Chicago-area bakery products company, will pay $350,000 to settle a national origin harassment and retaliation suit filed by the Equal Employment Oppor-tunity Commission (EEOC) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The agency pointed out that the company failed to take action to address harassment by a manager, despite numerous complaints from several employees. According to a release announcing the settlement:
“In its suit, the EEOC charged that Gonnella tolerated harassment of employees of Mexican national origin by a manager at its Aurora, Ill., facility and, when a number of those employees complained about the harassment, the manager retaliated against them by subjecting them to further verbal harassment, longer hours, and harsher working conditions. The EEOC sought relief for a class of seven employees, four of whom intervened in the suit as plaintiffs.”
Read the complete EEOC release here: http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/3-30-10a.cfm
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