HOUSTON – Amino Transport, Inc. and Chariot Express, Inc. will pay $50,000 and provide additional remedial relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC had charged that Joshua Male’s employer unlawfully retaliated against him by firing him because he had complained about workplace comments being made by two coworkers at the Sugar Land, Texas facility where they worked.
The EEOC’s lawsuit (Civil Action No. 4:09-cv-03142, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division) asserted that in July 2008, Male complained to the human resources manager about persistent inappropriate jokes about Mormons, as well as workplace comments allegedly disparaging a pregnant female co-worker, women in general, and an African American. The HR manager reported Male's complaints to the general manager of the facility, and Male was fired within less than 72 hours.
Under the terms of the four-year consent decree settling the suit, signed by U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Atlas, the companies will pay $50,000 in relief to compensate Male and the companies’ salaried employees will receive periodic training on laws prohibiting employment discrimination.
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