Simula to Pay $110,000 to Settle EEOC Gender, Equal Pay and Retaliation Case
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Phoenix-based international military contractor will pay $110,000 and
furnish other relief to settle lawsuit charging a sex and age
discrimination and unlawful retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
The EEOC's suit (Case
No. 2:07-CV-01656-PHX-ECV) in U.S. District Court for the District of
Arizona charged that Simula, Inc. discriminated against temporary
employees Margaret Chavez, Laura Box, and Christine Hanson by paying
them less than male employees who performed the same job duties and not
making them permanent employees. The EEOC also charged that Simula
discriminated against Chavez on the basis of her age and ended Box's
temporary employment in retaliation for her complaints of sexual
harassment.
Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination
in Employment Act (ADEA), the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibit employment discrimination
based on age, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or sexual
harassment) or national origin and protects employees who complain
about such offenses from retaliation.
In addition to paying
$110,000, the consent decree settling the suit requires Simula to
provide training and other relief aimed at educating its employees
about laws prohibiting sex discrimination, age discrimination and
retaliation.
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