N-M Ventures to Pay $457,500 to Settle Race Bias Suit
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Monday, March 23, 2009 |
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The
corporate owner of several restaurants in three states will pay
$457,500 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.
The EEOC had charged that N-W Ventures, LLC in Las Vegas subjected a
class of African American employees to discrimination, including racial
harassment and retaliation. N-W Ventures owns several bars, steakhouses
and lounges in Las Vegas, Chicago and Dallas.
According to the
EEOC's suit, eight black employees and other similarly situated
individuals were forced to endure racist epithets and insults on many
occasions. When some employees complained, managers retaliated against
them by instructing supervisors to "get something on them, whether true
or not," and then firing them because of their race and as retaliation
for the complaints.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (No.
CV-07-1197-PMP-GWF in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada)
after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.
Besides
paying $457,500 to the discrimination victims, N-M Ventures LLC is
prohibited from discriminating based on race, and from retaliating
against any employee because he or she opposed discrimination. Further,
the company must establish an appropriate and effective mechanism for
handling complaints of discrimination, and provide training for its
managers and employees with respect to the law against racial
discrimination and harassment and retaliation at its Las Vegas
facility.
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