Horticultural Grower Fined $172K Over Sexual Harassment at Texas Location

Altman Specialty Vegetation, LLC, the biggest horticultural grower in the US, can pay $172,000 in financial aid and furnish intensive injunctive aid to resolve a discovering of intercourse discrimination and retaliation by the U.S. Equal Employment Alternative Fee (EEOC) in a conciliation settlement, the federal company introduced.

The conciliation follows an EEOC investigation into prices the place EEOC discovered that an Altman supervisor subjected feminine workers to sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work setting for an intensive interval at its Austin, Texas location.

The investigation additional revealed that after complaining about sexual harassment, the workers had been retaliated in opposition to, thereby making a chilling impact making Altman’s EEO insurance policies and grievance procedures ineffective. Such alleged conduct is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination, together with sexual harassment, based mostly on intercourse and retaliation for partaking in a protected exercise.

Altman disputes the allegations however cooperated with EEOC throughout its investigation into conduct that was alleged to be in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Altman states it makes efforts to make sure that all its workers are supplied with a protected office free from discrimination and retaliation of any sort.

Below the three-year conciliation settlement settling the fees, Altman can pay $172,000 in financial damages. The corporate additionally agreed to implement its non-discrimination and non-retaliation insurance policies; revise and implement an efficient grievance process; distribute and submit in English and Spanish an equal employment alternative non-discrimination discover; and conduct intercourse discrimination and retaliation coaching for all workers at its Austin location.

Supply: EEOC

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