AUGUSTINE, Fla. – Ring Power Corporation, North and Central Florida's CAT-brand heavy equipment dealer, has agreed to pay $65,000 and furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Ring Power hired a Black former naval technician to work at its St. Augustine location. He was the only Black technician in his department. Throughout the employee’s tenure at Ring Power, his supervisor, who was white, made racist remarks about him, including referring to the employee using the “N-word” and stating that he was only good for cleaning. The same supervisor also argued for the Black technician’s termination. Ring Power refused to give the employee technical work assignments and assigned him more menial tasks than the other technicians in his department. Despite multiple complaints to managers and human resources personnel, no corrective action was taken, and the employee resigned.
This alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Ring Power Corporation, Case No. 3:19-cv-01098) in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
“All employees are entitled to a workplace in which their opportunities are determined by their...
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) — Russ Latino, the lawyer for Bart Edmiston Jr., one of Nolan Wells’ friends, is serving a prelitigation letter to Jeanetta Brantley. Latino says Brantley took the “Sea...