Case: EEOC v. AMERICAN RED CROSS & SPHERION CORPORATION, INC.

1:01-cv-00705 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 8, 2001

Closed Date: Oct. 9, 2002

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Case Summary

In March 2001, the EEOC brought this action against the American Red Cross Blood Services, Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Region and Spherion Corporation, Inc. on behalf of women who alleged that the defendants had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Specifically, the EEOC alleged that the defendants had paid their female employees lower wages than their male counterparts for performing the same jobs. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division. In October 2001, a consent decree was signed by the judge which enjoined the defendants from discriminating on the basis of sex and required them to post equal employment opportunity information in a conspicuous place in their offices. The defendants also agreed to compensate the female complainants in amounts commensurate with regular and overtime hours worked under discriminatory salary conditions.

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Tony Friedman (6/30/2007)

Documents in the Clearinghouse

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1:01-cv-00705	Docket EEOC v. American Red Cross & Spherion Corporation, Inc.	Oct. 11, 2001	Oct. 11, 2001 Docket
7 1:01-cv-00705	Consent Decree EEOC v. American Red Cross & Spherion Corporation, Inc.	Oct. 9, 2001	Oct. 9, 2001 Settlement Agreement

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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…	April 1, 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 filed; (msm, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/08/2001)	March 8, 2001	March 8, 2001
1	DEMAND for jury trial by EEOC (msm, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/08/2001)	March 8, 2001	March 8, 2001
2	SUMMONS(ES) (20 days) issued for American Red Cross, Spherion Corporation (msm, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 03/08/2001)	March 8, 2001	March 8, 2001
3	JOINT MOTION by EEOC, American Red Cross to Extend Time for American Red Cross to respond to the complaint (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/20/2001)	April 20, 2001	April 20, 2001
4	ORDER granting [3-1] joint motion to Extend Time for American Red Cross to respond to the complaint set Answer deadline to 5/21/01 for American Red Cross ( signed by Chf Judge J. F. Motz 4/20/01) (c/i 4/20/01) (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/20/2001)	April 20, 2001	April 20, 2001
5	JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING the time by which American Red Cross must answer or respond to the complaint until 6/23/01 ( signed by Chf Judge J. F. Motz 5/29/01) (c/i 5/29/01) (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 05/29/2001)	May 29, 2001	May 29, 2001
	Deadline updated; reset Answer deadline to 6/25/01 for American Red Cross (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 05/29/2001)	May 29, 2001	May 29, 2001
6	NOTICE of attorney appearance for Spherion Corporation by Alan M. Schwartz (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/03/2001)	Oct. 3, 2001	Oct. 3, 2001
7	CONSENT DECREE ENJOINING and RESTRAINING defendants the Region and Spherion's Timonium branch office from engaging in any employment practice that discriminates against its female employees in the form of compensation discrimination; Within ten days of the entry of this Order, Defendants agree to pay a sum of 12,762.74 to the women on whose behalf the EEOC sought individual relief in this action as therein set forth and "APPROVAL" ( signed by Chf Judge J. F. Motz 10/9/01) (c/i 10/9/01 & microfilmed) (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/09/2001)	Oct. 9, 2001	Oct. 9, 2001 Clearinghouse
	Case closed (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/11/2001)	Oct. 9, 2001	Oct. 9, 2001
8	MOTION by Spherion Corporation for William J Dorsey to Appear Pro Hac Vice (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/11/2001)	Oct. 11, 2001	Oct. 11, 2001
8	ORDER granting [8-1] motion of Spherion for William J Dorsey to Appear Pro Hac Vice ( signed by Chf Judge J. F. Motz 10/11/01) (c/m 10/11/01 hl) (Filing Fee Paid) (Receipt # 1179412) (hml, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 10/11/2001)	Oct. 11, 2001	Oct. 11, 2001