Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2005
Closed Date: 2007
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In August 2005, the New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Revolution Studios and Smile Productions, L.L.C. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleged that the defendant, a movie production company, violated the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by paying female employees less than male employees for substantially the same work. The parties settled through a consent decree merely three days after the complaint was filed.
The two year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: provide anti-discrimination training for all supervisory and management personnel, post a notice of non-discrimination, place a copy of the required notice and its anti-discrimination policy in the production manuals for each of its movies, post its anti-discrimination policy, and pay $66,500 to be distributed among nineteen complainants.
The decree was entered in 2005 and scheduled to last 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (6/27/2007)
Clearinghouse (12/23/2018)
Last updated March 24, 2024, 3:09 a.m.
State / Territory: New York
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
IWPR/Wage Project Consent Decree Study
Key Dates
Filing Date: Aug. 2, 2005
Closing Date: 2007
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
Revolution Studios and Smile Productions, LLC (New York, NY), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d)
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: 66500
Order Duration: 2005 - 2007
Content of Injunction:
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
General:
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: