June 01, 2018
Three women who spurred a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission class action against Atlantic Capes Fisheries Inc. added new details to the case on Friday about a supervisor they say relentlessly harassed them and the managers who allegedly turned a blind eye.
January 12, 2018
A Massachusetts-based seafood processor and its staffing firm lost their bid to shake a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission action alleging that Spanish-speaking female workers endured harassment and discrimination and were fired after complaining, with a federal judge holding Thursday that the agency met its obligations before filing suit.
December 06, 2017
A Massachusetts-based seafood processor and its staffing firm on Tuesday hit back at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's federal court suit asserting that Spanish-speaking female workers were sexually harassed and fired after they complained, saying the regulator didn't give them sufficient opportunity to address and reconcile those allegations.
September 28, 2017
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused a Fall River, Massachusetts-based seafood processor and its staffing firm on Wednesday of allowing Spanish-speaking female workers to be sexually harassed and firing some of them after they complained about the situation.