LAS VEGAS – Focus Plumbing, LLC agreed to pay $500,000 and along with Focus Electric, LLC, Focus Concrete, LLC, Focus Fire Protection, LLC, and Focus Framing, Door, & Trim, LLC, agreed to furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
The EEOC alleged that since 2017, Focus subjected a class of monolingual Spanish-speaking female employees to a hostile work environment and quid pro quo sexual harassment that included unwanted touching, groping, sexual advances, sexually offensive comments and requests. The EEOC’s lawsuit further alleged that employees were threatened if they rejected the sexual advances whereas others were offered better work assignments and hours if they acquiesced to sexual acts.
This alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, including sexual harassment. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Focus Plumbing, LLC, et. al., Case No. 2:21-cv-01758-GMN-EJY) in U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The consent decree resolving the EEOC’s lawsuit requires Focus Plumbing, LLC to pay $500,000 in monetary relief. In addition to monetary relief, the company will also provide specialized training on sexual harassment to human resources officers and managers to ensure they are...
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