Simula to Pay $110,000 to Settle EEOC Gender, Equal Pay and Retaliation Case

 
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
 
A 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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