Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2002
Closed Date: Oct. 23, 2002
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The Chicago office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Courtesy Corp., a plastic molding company and its packaging affiliate (Creative Packaging Corp.) in January 2002, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The complaint alleges that the defendant engaged in the practice of paying women less for doing substantially the same work as men. The complainant, a female employee intervened in the suit in April 2002, and the parties settled the case in October 2002, by entry of a consent decree.
According to the FY 2003 Office of the General Counsel Annual Report, the consent decree called for the defendant to pay the charging party $110,000 and included anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation provisions. Information on the settlement is scarce because the consent decree is unavailable.
Summary Authors
Kevin Wilemon (5/30/2007)
Last updated April 5, 2024, 3:12 a.m.
State / Territory: Illinois
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Jan. 15, 2002
Closing Date: Oct. 23, 2002
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
Creative Packaging Corp. (Buffalo Grove, IL), Private Entity/Person
Courtesy Corporation (Buffalo Grove, IL), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
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: 110000
Content of Injunction:
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: