A Missouri waste management company has settled a federal lawsuit charging it rejected female applicants based on sex, the EEOC announced.
Allied Services, LLC, doing business as Allied Waste Services of the Ozarks / Republic Services of the Ozarks will pay $200,000 to settle the sex discrimination lawsuit.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in May 2020, Jamie Mendoza applied to work for Republic Services as a garbage truck driver based out of Springfield, Missouri. Company managers told Mendoza during her interview that female drivers had not worked out in the past, and she should carefully consider whether she wanted the position because Republic Services would have to build a locker room with a shower for female drivers if she were hired. The EEOC alleged that when Mendoza followed up and indicated she wanted the job, the company rejected her application and hired a less-qualified male for the position.
The company did not have any female drivers at the time. The suit also alleged that since at least March 2020, Republic Services routinely failed to hire qualified female applicants for driver positions because of their sex.
This alleged conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination in employment. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Allied Services, LLC, d/b/a Allied Waste Services of the Ozarks / Republic Services of the Ozarks, Case No. 23-3308-MDH) in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.
Source: EEOC
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