EEOC Employee Protection Initiatives
EEOC oversees the coordination and oversight of all employment policies, practices, and equal employment regulations at the federal level. This paper focuses on three of these cases revolving around sexual harassment, race, and disability discrimination in recent months. On the 18th of December 2019, Uber faced a sexual retaliation and harassment lawsuit. The EEOC Commissioner had filed the charges against the taxi-hailing giant in 2017. This lawsuit followed the emergence of evidence against uber on the claim that the firm permitted sexual retaliation and discrimination against female workers who complained about sexual harassment. Uber’s actions in 2017 violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Uber and EEOC entered into a reconciliation process that would see Uber pay a class fund of $4.4 million.
On the 8th of July 2019, EEOC filed a lawsuit against Kroger for an alleged disability discrimination lawsuit. The case involved a Kroger employee with visual impairment. In this case, Kroger’s management fired Mr. Haugabrook because of his visual impairment despite his request for an aid to help the employee complete the assigned task in time. Such failure by the employer to accommodate employees with a disability is against the ADAA Act of 1990 and amended on the 1st of January 2009. Kroger is to pay $40,000 in compensation.
On the 14th of February 2020, EEOC filed a lawsuit against Driven Fence company for racial harassment of an African American employee-Arri Samuels. In brief, the warehouse manager and other employees harassed Samuels racially by making racially offensive comments and slurs. After Samuels reported the unfair treatment, the management did not respond as required under the law. Such unfair racial discrimination is against Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The fencing company agreed to pay $25,000 for compensation.