EEOC Case Study 2015

One of the biggest financial settlements of 2015 was in March 2015. A Texas-based oil and gas drilling company agreed to settle for $12.26 million the EEOC's lawsuit claiming discrimination, harassment and retaliation against racial minorities nationwide. According to a complaint filed by the EEOC the same day as the proposed decree, Patterson-UTI had engaged in patterns or practices of hostile work environment harassment, disparate treatment discrimination and retaliation against Hispanic, Latino, Black, American Indian, Asian, Pacific Islander and other minority workers at its facilities in Colorado and other states. Under the proposed four-year consent decree, the drilling company also will create a new vice president position to be filled