RENHILL STAFFING settles discrimination suit for $580,000: Avoided sending blacks on work assignments
The Fort Wayne, Indiana company settled an U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) age, race, and retaliation lawsuit. The company will have to pay total of $580,000 and up to $5,000 in settlement administrative expenses. It doesn’t pay to discriminate, IF you get caught.
According to the EEOC: “Renhill Services, Inc. violated federal law by failing to refer African American applicants and applicants age 40 for work assignments. Further, the EEOC said, Renhill unlawfully retaliated against employees who objected to these referral practices.” READ MORE...
HOW IRONIC? As soon as you click on Renhill's website there is a large image of a BLACK woman on the homepage, then photos of others flash. She's the first face you see.
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis is featured in two EEOC Anti-Discrimination PSA. Follow the jump to see the video.
This video contains both PSAs, in Adobe’s Flash format (free player available). Click on the play button, or press your keyboard’s space bar, to play the video. The “T” button will turn off the captions.
Here are his speaking lines for each public service announcement:
PSA 1
Whether it’s Beethoven or Basie, music blends different notes and different people into something very special. If we all played the same notes, the music would be boring. It’s the same way in the workplace. People come from different cultures and backgrounds, but to succeed, they need to work together as a team. It’s about equal opportunity.
PSA 2
When we choose musicians to play a piece of music, we don’t care what they look like; We care how well they play. That’s the way every job should be, but it isn’t always. Some people play a cacophonous tune called discrimination. It’s not just unfair, mean-spirited, and counterproductive; It’s also illegal. It’s really all about equal opportunity.
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