Black Employee Denied Performance Evaluation and Raise, Then Fired Because of Race, Federal Agency Charged
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lone Wolf Resources, L.L.C., an environmental remediation and construction services company based in Texas will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Lone Wolf management at the company’s Jacksonville location referred to Black employees using racial slurs. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that a Lone Wolf manager referred to a Black employee as a “blue gum monkey,” called him the “N-word” and called black people “lazy.” Lone Wolf gave the Black employee less desirable assignments, denied him an annual performance evaluation and raise, and then fired him when he complained about obtaining that evaluation.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race. The EEOC filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division (EEOC v. Lone Wolf Resources, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 3:21-cv-00979-TJC-PDB) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The three-year consent decree resolving the EEOC’s lawsuit has been approved by the federal court. In addition to paying $50,000 in monetary relief, Lone Wolf is required to develop and distribute a written...
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