Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lakeside Plastics Inc

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Case Number:

1:22-cv-01149

Court:

Wisconsin Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

William C Griesbach

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  1. January 27, 2025

    Plastics Co. Settles EEOC Race Bias, Retaliation Suit

    A plastics manufacturer will pay a Black former worker $60,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit brought in Wisconsin federal court claiming the business fired him days after he complained that a white worker leveled racial slurs at him.

  2. October 17, 2024

    EEOC Gets Judge To Revive Race Bias Suit He Tossed In June

    A Wisconsin federal judge said Thursday that he jumped the gun and overlooked Seventh Circuit precedent when he dismissed a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission race bias suit, reinstating the EEOC's claims that a plastics company failed to step in while a Black worker faced harassment.

  3. June 04, 2024

    Single On-The-Job Slur Can't Sustain EEOC Suit, Judge Says

    A Wisconsin plastics company defeated a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a Black employee endured a hostile work environment, with a federal judge finding that one alleged use of a racial slur at work wasn't enough to keep the case alive.