Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2005
Closed Date: 2008
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On September 20, 2005, the Birmingham office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit under Title VII against Factory Connection, LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The EEOC alleged that the defendants had violated the rights of the complainant by discriminating against her on the basis of her race.
On October 10, 2006, the parties entered into a consent decree, which was adopted by the court three days later. Under the terms of the agreement, the defendants agreed to pay $12,500 in damages to the complainant. The defendants were prohibited from discriminating against any employee on the basis of their race or retaliating against any employee for complaining about such discrimination. The defendants agreed to provide at least one hour of racial discrimination training to all of its employees at the Elba location each year during the life of the decree. The defendants were required to mail a written report of the anti-discrimination training to the EEOC's Birmingham office. Defendants were required to give 15 days' notice of the anti-discrimination training to the EEOC so that they could attend the sessions. The defendants were required to keep a written record of all employees who attended the training sessions.
On November 21, 2006, the court entered final judgment and dismissed the case with prejudice, declaring that both parties should bear their own costs. The decree was to last for two years. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Kristen Sagar (3/11/2008)
Clearinghouse (6/13/2017)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4122822/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-factory-connection-llc/
Last updated March 21, 2024, 3:10 a.m.
State / Territory: Alabama
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 20, 2005
Closing Date: 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
Factory Connection, LLC (Elba), 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
Amount Defendant Pays: 12500
Order Duration: 2006 - 2008
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Race:
EEOC-centric: