Case: EEOC v. BEST CLOTHING MFG.

1:02-cv-05081 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

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Case Summary

In September 2002, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against Best Clothing Manufacturing, Inc., also known as New Era Knitting Mills, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation o Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant required female workers to wear shirts that came up to the neck with sleeves that reached below the elbow in the factory without making the same requirements of male workers. A default judgment was entered against the defendant in July 2005, requiring the defendant to: make compliance reports to the EEOC, allow the EEOC access for monitoring purposes, develop an anti-discrimination policy, provide EEO training, and pay $28,176 to be distributed among five complaining parties.

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Daisy Manning (12/8/2007)

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Judge(s)

Glasser, Israel Leo (New York)

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Glasser, Israel Leo (New York)

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Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:02-cv-05081	Docket [PACER] EEOC v. Best Clothing Manufacturing, Inc	June 6, 2006	June 6, 2006 Docket
1 1:02-cv-05081	Complaint EEOC v. Best Clothing Manufacturing Inc., d/b/a New Era Knitting Mills, Inc.	Sept. 19, 2002	Sept. 19, 2002 Complaint
20 1:02-cv-05081	Judgment EEOC v. Best Clothing Manufacturing, Inc. d/b/a New Era Knitting Mills, Inc.	April 15, 2003	April 15, 2003 Order/Opinion
30 1:02-cv-05081	Report and Recommendation EEOC v. Best Clothing Manufacturing, Inc., a/k/a New Era Knitting Mills, Inc.	March 11, 2005	March 11, 2005 Magistrate Report/Recommendation
33 1:02-cv-05081	Memorandum and Order [Re: Report] EEOC v. Best Clothing Mfg., Inc.	July 7, 2005	July 7, 2005 Order/Opinion 2005 WL 1594153

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Resources

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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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30	REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re Motion for default judgment, filed by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Objections to R&R due by 3/25/2005. Signed by Judge Viktor V. Pohorelsky on 3/11/2005. (Pohorelsky, Viktor)	March 11, 2005	March 11, 2005 RECAP
33	Memorandum and Order adopting in part the Report and Recommendation dated March 11, 2005 as to 30 Report and Recommendations. Accordingly, the Court enters judgment in favor of the EEOC against defendant as follows: awarding Yolanda Simon $21 ,176.00, and granting the following injunctive relief as set forth more fully in paragraph 2 of the affidavit of Robert D. Rose: (1) requiring defendant to implement anti-discrimination policies and procedures; (2) training defendant's employees with respect to federal anti-discrimination laws; (3) allowing the EEOC to monitor defendant's compliance with the judgment; and (4) requiring defendant to submit periodic reports to the EEOC to ensure compliance with the judgment.Counsel for p laintiff shall serve a copy of this Memorandum and Order on the defendant by regular mail and electronically file proof of such service in the record.After entering the judgment in this case, the Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to close this case. Ordered by Judge I. Leo Glasser on July 7, 2005. (Kathawala, Rene)	July 7, 2005	July 7, 2005 RECAP
35	CLERK'S JUDGMENT directing that the Report and Recommendation of Mag Pohorelsky dated 3/11/05 is adopted in part; and that judgment is hereby entered in favor of plaintiff, EEOC and against deft Best Clothing Manufacturing, Inc. a/k/a New Era Kn itting Mills, Inc. as follows: Yolanda Simon is awarded $21,176.00 and the following injunctive relieve, as set forth more fully in the affidavit of Robert D. Rose, is granted: 1. requiring deft to implement anti-discrimination policies and pro cedures; 2. training deft's employees with respect to Federal anti-discrimination laws; 3. allowing the EEOC to monitor deft's compliance with the judgment; and 4. requiring deft to submit periodic reports to the EEOC to ensure compliance with the judgment . Ordered by Robert C. Heinemann, Clerk of Court on 7/8/05. c/m with appeal pkg.(Fernandez, Erica)	July 12, 2005	July 12, 2005 RECAP