Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004
Closed Date: Sept. 14, 2008
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In September 2004, the Seattle District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against RLS, Inc., d/b/a Sebo's Do-It-Center, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the charging party, a female employee, and other similarly situated female employees to a sexually hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, resulting in the constructive discharge of the charging party. The charging party intervened in the suit in January 2005. After a scheduling order, the parties participated in mediation in late August 2005 and settled through a consent decree in mid September.
The three-year decree prohibited the defendant from retaliating and required the defendant to: provide the charging party with a positive employment reference, impose appropriate discipline upon those who discriminate, appoint an EEO coordinator, revise its employee appraisal process to include evaluation of employees' commitment to equal employment opportunity, provide sexual harassment training for all its employees, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay $120,000 to the charging party. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (7/27/2007)
Clearinghouse (6/15/2017)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4409896/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-rls-inc/
Adams, Raechel L. (Washington)
Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (Washington)
Anderson, Suzanne M (Washington)
Andrew, Regina Maria (Washington)
Arendes, Jennifer L. (Washington)
Adams, Raechel L. (Washington)
Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (Washington)
Anderson, Suzanne M (Washington)
Andrew, Regina Maria (Washington)
Arendes, Jennifer L. (Washington)
Backhaus, William C (Washington)
Bannon, Jeffrey C (Washington)
Bean, Julie Steptoe (Washington)
Burstein, Jeffrey Charles (Washington)
Caiola, Michelle Anne (Washington)
Cheung, Raymond T. (Washington)
Cole, Holly Waldron (Washington)
Curtin, Nora Ellen (Washington)
Farrell, Michael J (Washington)
Fiorito, Bradley S. (Washington)
Gochanour, Gregory M (Washington)
Grossman, Elizabeth (Washington)
Guerrier, Charles E. (Washington)
Gusewelle, Anne E. (Washington)
Hamilton, Deborah L (Washington)
Hendrickson, John C (Washington)
Hobson, William R (Washington)
Holman, Patrick J (Washington)
Imdieke, Michael H. (Washington)
Isenhart, Jessi D. (Washington)
Kennedy, Melvin D. (Washington)
Kittle, Rita Byrnes (Washington)
Krivonyak, J. Christopher (Washington)
Lawrence, Debra M. (Washington)
Lee, Damien Anthony (Washington)
Lucero, A.Luis Lucero (Washington)
Malloy, Margaret Ann (Washington)
Martinez, Ana Consuelo (Washington)
Maxion, Sanya Hill (Washington)
McBride, Dennis R (Washington)
McCoy-Cruz, Kimberly A. (Washington)
Moench, William E (Washington)
Monahan, Camille A (Washington)
Murray, Steven Lee (Washington)
Naccarato, Elizabeth A (Washington)
Neary, Kathleen M. (Washington)
O'Brien, Michael J. (Washington)
Olson, Kathryn Blaire (Washington)
Oppenheim, Harriett F (Washington)
Palmer-Denig, Jessica Ann (Washington)
Parker, Russell P (Washington)
Pearson, Gina Elaine (Washington)
Peters, Kirsten Jennifer (Washington)
Peterson, Melanie M. (Washington)
Phillips, Ronald L. (Washington)
Pladson, Nicholas J (Washington)
Ranis, Michael Bruce (Washington)
Reams, Gwendolyn Young (Washington)
Rivera, Jadhira Virginia (Washington)
Roberts, Monique Joy (Washington)
Robertson, Michelle M (Washington)
Rucker, Marsha Lynn (Washington)
Schnitzel, Andrew Marten (Washington)
Sexton, Richard I (Washington)
Stewart, Ronald S (Washington)
Stith, Rebecca S. (Washington)
Struble, Stephanie (Washington)
Szromba, Jeanne Bowman (Washington)
Tamayo, William R. (Washington)
Tetzlaff, Karl R. (Washington)
Thomas, Gillian Lathrop (Washington)
Tomlinson, Robert F (Washington)
Valderrama, Hillary K (Washington)
Valentine, Jessie L. (Washington)
Vance, Carrie Noelle (Washington)
Vasichek, Laurie A (Washington)
Vuong, Rumduol Kim (Washington)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4409896/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-rls-inc/
Last updated April 18, 2025, 8:46 a.m.
State / Territory: Washington
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 30, 2004
Closing Date: Sept. 14, 2008
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
RLS, Inc. (Clinton, WA), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Content of Injunction:
Provide antidiscrimination training
Amount Defendant Pays: 120000
Order Duration: 2005 - 2008
Issues
Discrimination Area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination Basis:
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
EEOC-centric: