Illinois Roofing Company Faces Lawsuit Over Racial and Sexual Harassment Allegations
Anthony Roofing Tecta America LLC and Tecta America Corporation, prominent roofing service providers in Illinois and across the nation, are facing serious allegations of violating federal law. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged the companies with subjecting African American and female employees at their Aurora, Illinois location to both race and sex harassment.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, one of the vice presidents at Anthony Roofing engaged in racially charged harassment against an employee. This included the repeated use of the N-word and derogatory terms such as “slave,” among other offensive remarks. Despite the employee’s objections to this behavior, the company failed to take appropriate action, allowing the harassment to persist. Ultimately, the employee felt compelled to resign to escape the ongoing abuse. The lawsuit also highlights that other Black employees faced similar harassment from both supervisors and colleagues, enduring racial slurs and being referred to as “boy,” among other derogatory language.
In addition to racial harassment, the same vice president allegedly subjected female employees to sexual harassment. This included making inappropriate comments about oral sex, derogatory remarks about their bodies, and asking them inappropriate, sex-based questions in the workplace. Such behavior created a toxic work environment that was reported to management at Anthony Roofing and Tecta America’s human resources department, yet the harassment continued unabated, according to the EEOC’s suit.
The alleged actions of Anthony Roofing and Tecta America violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which explicitly prohibits workplace harassment based on race and sex. The EEOC has filed a lawsuit (EEOC v. Tecta America Corp. and Anthony Roofing Tecta America LLC, Case No. 1:25-cv-14252) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. This legal action follows the EEOC’s unsuccessful attempts to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process in 2025.
Source: EEOC
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Anthony Roofing Tecta America LLC and Tecta America Corporation, prominent roofing service providers in Illinois and across the nation, are facing serious allegations of violating federal law. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged the companies with subjecting African American and female employees at their Aurora, Illinois location to both race and sex harassment.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, one of the vice presidents at Anthony Roofing engaged in racially charged harassment against an employee. This included the repeated use of the N-word and derogatory terms such as “slave,” among other offensive remarks. Despite the employee’s objections to this behavior, the company failed to take appropriate action, allowing the harassment to persist. Ultimately, the employee felt compelled to resign to escape the ongoing abuse. The lawsuit also highlights that other Black employees faced similar harassment from both supervisors and colleagues, enduring racial slurs and being referred to as “boy,” among other derogatory language.
In addition to racial harassment, the same vice president allegedly subjected female employees to sexual harassment. This included making inappropriate comments about oral sex, derogatory remarks about their bodies, and asking them inappropriate, sex-based questions in the workplace. Such behavior created a toxic work environment that was reported to management at Anthony Roofing and Tecta America’s human resources department, yet the harassment continued unabated, according to the EEOC’s suit.
The alleged actions of Anthony Roofing and Tecta America violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which explicitly prohibits workplace harassment based on race and sex. The EEOC has filed a lawsuit (EEOC v. Tecta America Corp. and Anthony Roofing Tecta America LLC, Case No. 1:25-cv-14252) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. This legal action follows the EEOC’s unsuccessful attempts to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process in 2025.
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