COMPANY AGREES TO PAY $2.2 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT
Everything that could go wrong, went wrong, when it came to the hiring process at BARONHR, a national staffing agency.
Apparently, since 2015, the company is said to have engaged in conduct which discriminated based on applicants’ race, sex, and physical challenges or disabilities. Governed by race-based considerations, the company failed to recruit (Black, Asian, white, and non-Hispanics) workers for “low-skill positions,” and would only hire “physically fit candidates with no history of injury.”
Since such conducted violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit, (EEOC v. Radiant Services Corp., BaronHR, LLC, et al), Case No. 2:22-cv-06517-GW-RAO) in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.
In a recently announced settlement of that litigation, while the company announced it was winding down its operations, it agreed to pay $2.2 million to the impacted individuals and has agreed to modify its employment and training practices should it ever reopen for business.
In a written statement, EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride observed that “Protecting individuals seeking entry-level or temporary jobs from discrimination in recruitment and hiring is a key enforcement priority for the Commission as set forth in the EEOC’s most recent strategic enforcement plan …. Individuals seeking work through staffing agencies fall squarely within the category of vulnerable workers. The EEOC will continue to bring litigation where necessary to ensure that workers are not screened out and denied employment opportunities on the bases of race, national origin, sex or disability.”
If you were a victim of discrimination by this company, and were denied an employment opportunity based on race, national origin (Non-Hispanic), sex or disability, contact the EEOC at (213) 935-1940 or BaronHRclass@eeoc.gov.
Did this staffing agency have the wrong staff?
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