Staffing Companies Refused to Select, Refer, and Place Black Applicants or Assigned Them to Less Desirable and Lower-Paying Positions, Federal Agency Charges
Memphis, Tenn. – Supreme Staffing LLC, Inspire Hotel Staffing LLC, and Better Placement LLC, which together operate as an integrated enterprise staffing agency, violated federal civil rights law when they engaged in discrimination in the selection, referral, placement, and assignment of employees based on race, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
According to the EEOC’s suit, beginning in at least January 2018, the staffing agencies discriminated against Black applicants in the selection, referral, placement and assignment process. The staffing agencies regularly assigned Black applicants to lower-paying jobs, if they placed them at all. The staffing agencies also accommodated client requests and preferences for Latino workers over Black workers. The EEOC also alleges the staffing agencies violated federal recordkeeping requirements.
This alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits discrimination based on race. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Western Division, Civil Action No. 2:22-cv-02668, after first trying to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The EEOC seeks back pay and compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of Black employees and...
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