SETTLE EEOC CLAIMS FOR $135,000
Cavco Industries, Palm Harbor Homes, and Palm Harbor Villages – companies engaged in the making and sale of manufactured homes – agreed to settle a discrimination case which had been filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $135,000, together with other relief.
Apparently, representatives used racial slurs and disparaged people of color, and those in relationships with them. And, allegedly because his family was bi-racial, a sales consultant was terminated.
Believing that such conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the EEOC filed a suit -- Civil Action No. 6:23-cv-00678, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division -- seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.
In addition to the $135k payment to the impacted individual, the company agreed to modify its employment related policies and practices and will train its employees on “race-based discrimination, hostile work environment, the company’s procedure for reporting complaints of discrimination, and the rights and responsibilities of employees and management.”
In a written statement, Alexa Lang, trial attorney in the EEOC’s Dallas office noted that, “Employees have the right to work in an environment where they are not harassed or paid less for having family of another race …. Here, a sales consultant bravely spoke out against racial discrimination and exercised his rights under Title VII.”
That’s certainly the end of that exercise.
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