Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2002
Closed Date: June 30, 2004
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In August 2002, the Phoenix office of the EEOC brought this Title VII suit against Priority Staffing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The complaint alleged that the defendant subjected several female employees (including plaintiff-intervenors) to a hostile work environment. Female employees were threatened, demoted, and discharged (constructively) in retaliation for their complaints of harassments. The claimants intervened in the EEOC's suit in September 2002. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss one of the claimant's complaints and motions for summary judgment against the claimants in March 2004; however, the case settled by entry of a consent decree in June 2004.
The three year consent decree required the defendant to pay the claimants and class members $450,000 in compensatory damages, expunge the claimant's records, refrain from harassment and retaliation, institute policies and practices to ensure a workplace free from harassment, and exclude the president and his wife from participating in any investigation of discrimination complaints.
No further docket entries exist, so the case presumably closed when the consent decree ended in 2007.
Summary Authors
Kevin Wilemon (8/1/2007)
Last updated Dec. 20, 2024, 2:08 a.m.
Docket sheet not available via the Clearinghouse.State / Territory: Arizona
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 28, 2002
Closing Date: June 30, 2004
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
Priority Staffing , Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
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:
Expungement of Employment Record
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Amount Defendant Pays: 450000
Order Duration: 2002 - 2004
Issues
General/Misc.:
Discrimination Area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination Basis:
Affected Sex/Gender(s):
EEOC-centric: