Fourth circuit re-affirms the importance of Employers responding to discrimination in the Workplace
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit re-affirmed the importance of employers promptly undertaking remedial measures calculated to eliminate discrimination in order to insulate themselves from liability under Title VII discrimination cases.
In this case, the EEOC filed a class action in federal court alleging a discriminatory and hostile work environment at a fiberglass tank plant located in Maryland over a two year period. Among the actions contributing to the hostile environment included the use of racial slurs, threats of KKK actions, and, on at least one occasion, the use of a picture of a person hanging by a noose in order to threaten one or more black employees.