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Explore the EEOC website (http://www.eeoc.gov) to learn more about the organization.
Click the About the EEOC link and select Newsroom. Select a press release about an employee lawsuit published within the last 6 months.
Search the Internet to find at least one news item about this lawsuit, preferably from a news source in the state in which the incident occurred.
Federal Jury Awards Exel Employee $500,000 in Sex Discrimination Case
6:05 pm, June 11th, 2013
A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded a female employee of Exel Corp. $500,000 after determining that the company denied her a promotion because she was a woman, the Atlanta office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced today.
After a four-day trial that ended Friday, the jury awarded $25,000 in compensatory damages and $475,000 in punitive damages to Exel employee Contrice Travis. During the trial, EEOC attorneys – who had sued Exel, a warehouse and transportation firm with offices in metro Atlanta, on Travis’ behalf – presented evidence that Exel’s male employees were routinely promoted, while Travis – whom agency lawyers said “was indisputably recognized as the most knowledgeable in inventory control,” – was denied an inventory supervisor position that had been vacated and for which she had been recommended.
When Travis’s former supervisor, who previously had held the post, recommended her for the slot, Exel’s general manager responded by saying that he would never put a woman in that position., according to the EEOC.
The EEOC also presented evidence that Travis was told the inventory supervisor position would not be filled, but the man who was selected to fill the post was told by a human resources employee that he could have the job if he kept it a secret. The EEOC said that Exel eventually required Travis to train the man who was appointed to the post because he had
Resource: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) website
Explore the EEOC website (http://www.eeoc.gov) to learn more about the organization.
Click the About the EEOC link and select Newsroom. Select a press release about an employee lawsuit published within the last 6 months.
Search the Internet to find at least one news item about this lawsuit, preferably from a news source in the state in which the incident occurred.
Federal Jury Awards Exel Employee $500,000 in Sex Discrimination Case
6:05 pm, June 11th, 2013
A federal jury in Atlanta has awarded a female employee of Exel Corp. $500,000 after determining that the company denied her a promotion because she was a woman, the Atlanta office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced today.
After a four-day trial that ended Friday, the jury awarded $25,000 in compensatory damages and $475,000 in punitive damages to Exel employee Contrice Travis. During the trial, EEOC attorneys – who had sued Exel, a warehouse and transportation firm with offices in metro Atlanta, on Travis’ behalf – presented evidence that Exel’s male employees were routinely promoted, while Travis – whom agency lawyers said “was indisputably recognized as the most knowledgeable in inventory control,” – was denied an inventory supervisor position that had been vacated and for which she had been recommended.
When Travis’s former supervisor, who previously had held the post, recommended her for the slot, Exel’s general manager responded by saying that he would never put a woman in that position., according to the EEOC.
The EEOC also presented evidence that Travis was told the inventory supervisor position would not be filled, but the man who was selected to fill the post was told by a human resources employee that he could have the job if he kept it a secret. The EEOC said that Exel eventually required Travis to train the man who was appointed to the post because he had
References: ATLAW - The Daily Report Blog. (current). Retrieved from http://www.atlawblog.com U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (current). Retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov