Ohio Machining Firm Agrees to $2M Settlement in Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

Glunt Industries, Inc., a machining company based in Warren, Ohio, operates four large-scale fabrication plants and has recently agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This announcement was made public today by the federal agency.

The EEOC’s lawsuit accused Glunt of engaging in sex discrimination by systematically denying production jobs to a group of women since at least 2018. The agency also alleged that Glunt failed to provide women’s restrooms on the plant floor across all its facilities, further exacerbating the discriminatory practices.

In addition to these allegations, the lawsuit highlighted that Glunt discriminated against its human resources director, retaliating against her for hiring two women for project manager positions. Following her actions, Glunt terminated the women and replaced them with male employees, according to the lawsuit.

This conduct is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC initiated legal proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (EEOC v. Glunt Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-01687) after unsuccessful attempts to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.

As part of the two-year consent decree that resolves the lawsuit, Glunt will pay $2 million in monetary relief. This amount will be distributed by the EEOC to Glunt’s former HR director, the two women who were dismissed from their project manager roles, and a class of women who applied for production positions at Glunt but were not hired.

Furthermore, under the consent decree, Glunt is required to cooperate in efforts to provide equal employment opportunities for specific female applicants who sought production positions but were not hired. The decree also prohibits Glunt from engaging in sex-based discrimination and mandates training, record-keeping, monitoring, and reporting to ensure compliance.

Source: EEOC

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Ohio

Glunt Industries, Inc., a machining company based in Warren, Ohio, operates four large-scale fabrication plants and has recently agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This announcement was made public today by the federal agency.

The EEOC’s lawsuit accused Glunt of engaging in sex discrimination by systematically denying production jobs to a group of women since at least 2018. The agency also alleged that Glunt failed to provide women’s restrooms on the plant floor across all its facilities, further exacerbating the discriminatory practices.

In addition to these allegations, the lawsuit highlighted that Glunt discriminated against its human resources director, retaliating against her for hiring two women for project manager positions. Following her actions, Glunt terminated the women and replaced them with male employees, according to the lawsuit.

This conduct is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC initiated legal proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (EEOC v. Glunt Industries, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-01687) after unsuccessful attempts to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.

As part of the two-year consent decree that resolves the lawsuit, Glunt will pay $2 million in monetary relief. This amount will be distributed by the EEOC to Glunt’s former HR director, the two women who were dismissed from their project manager roles, and a class of women who applied for production positions at Glunt but were not hired.

Furthermore, under the consent decree, Glunt is required to cooperate in efforts to provide equal employment opportunities for specific female applicants who sought production positions but were not hired. The decree also prohibits Glunt from engaging in sex-based discrimination and mandates training, record-keeping, monitoring, and reporting to ensure compliance.

Source: EEOC

Topics
Ohio