Insurance Company Suspended Employee for Filing an EEOC Charge, Federal Agency Alleged
DETROIT – Proctor Financial, Inc., an insurance company based in Troy, Michigan that provides insurance products for residential and commercial properties, will pay $67,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
According to the EEOC’s suit, the employee filed a charge with the EEOC in which she alleged that she was denied a promotion due to her race. Roughly three months after she filed her charge, the employee amended the charge to include a claim for race-based pay disparities. Shortly after amending her charge, she was suspended for three days. Prior to filing her charge, she had not been disciplined during her more than eight years with the company. The EEOC says that Proctor unlawfully retaliated against the employee for filing a charge with the agency and complaining about race discrimination.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which protects employees who have engaged in activity opposing employment discrimination from unlawful retaliation. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Case No. 2:19-CV-11911) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
Under the terms of the three-year consent decree settling the suit, Proctor Financial must pay the employee a total of $67,000, including $651 in...
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