Case: EEOC v. PROCEL INTERNATIONAL

2:05-cv-07146 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2007

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Case Summary

On 30 September 2005, the EEOC district office in Los Angeles, California brought this action against the Procel International Corporation and Procel Temporary Services, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Although the complaint is unvailable, the consent decree states that a deaf female employee alleged that the defendant violated Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 when it failed to hire her because of her disability. There were no substantive events in this case. On 5 October 2005, a consent decree was entered.In the consent decree, the parties agreed that the defendant would pay the aggrieved party $130,000, refrain from retaliating and discriminating on the basis of disability, post an EEO notice in three of its facilities, revise its current anti-discrimination/harassment policy, implement a complaint procedure, provide EEO training to all its staff, distribute it revised anti-discrimination policy and include it in the employee handbook, make semiannual compliance/complaint reports, and hire and EEO consultant to ensure compliance with all the terms of the decree, to provide the EEO training, and to revise the aforementioned policy. No fees or costs were awarded. The terms of the decree run for two years. The decree was entered in October 2005 and scheduled to last until October 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.

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Joel Pettit (7/19/2007)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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2:05-cv-07146	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Procel International Corporation et al	Oct. 5, 2005	Oct. 5, 2005 Docket
3 2:05-cv-07146	Consent Decree EEOC v. Procel International Corporation, D/B/A Procel; Procel Temporary Services, Inc.	Sept. 30, 2005	Sept. 30, 2005 Settlement Agreement
2:05-cv-07146	Litigation Settlement Report EEOC v. Procel International Corp., d/b/a Procel; Procel Temporary Services, Inc.	Oct. 6, 2005	Oct. 6, 2005 Press Release

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Under the Radar: Visibility and the Effects of Discrimination Lawsuits in Small and Large Firms Carly Knight, Frank Dobbin, Alexandra Kalev	Research on how discrimination lawsuits affect corporate diversity has yielded mixed results. Qualitative studies highlight the limited efficacy of lawsuits in the typical workplace, finding that lit…	March 2022	April 1, 2022 https://cris.tau.ac.il/...

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Docket

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ECF Number	Description	Date	Link Date / Link
1	COMPLAINT against defendants Procel International Corporation, Procel Temporary Services Inc.(No fee required) Jury Demanded. , filed by plaintiff US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.(rrey, ) (Entered: 10/05/2005)	Sept. 30, 2005	Sept. 30, 2005
	20 Day Summons Issued re Complaint - (Discovery)[1] as to Procel International Corporation, Procel Temporary Services Inc. (rrey, ) (Entered: 10/05/2005)	Sept. 30, 2005	Sept. 30, 2005
2	CERTIFICATION of Interested Parties filed by Plaintiff US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (rrey, ) (Entered: 10/05/2005)	Sept. 30, 2005	Sept. 30, 2005
	FAX number for Attorney Dana C Johnson, Anna Y Park, Cherry-Marie D Rojas is 213-894-1301. (rrey, ) (Entered: 10/05/2005)	Sept. 30, 2005	Sept. 30, 2005
3	CONSENT DECREE by Judge Florence-Marie Cooper: Plaintiff US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and defendant Procel International Corporation hereby stipulate and agree to entry of this Consent Decree. Procel shall pay a total of $130,000.00 payable to Atousa Mafi to resolve this action. Procel is enjoined from discriminating against any individual because of his or her disability or failing to reasonably accommodate an individual with a disability. Procel agrees not to engage in any action for the purposse of retaliating against any current or former employee or applicant of Procel. (See document for further details). Each party shall bear its own attorneys fees. The Court hereby retains jurisdiction and the provisions of the foregoing Consent Decree are hereby approved and compliance with all provisions thereof of hereby ordered. MD JS-6, Case Terminated )(mg, ) (Entered: 10/06/2005)	Oct. 5, 2005	Oct. 5, 2005