The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday that it filed a lawsuit against Green JobWorks LLC, a Maryland-based staffing firm, claiming it excluded female job seekers from specific assignments.
According to the EEOC, Green JobWorks refused to hire female workers for demolition and laborer positions or to assign those workers to such positions because of their gender. The suit also alleged the company regularly assigned workers to customers using gender-based criteria provided by those customers and inquired whether customers preferred workers of a particular gender.
In addition, the EEOC alleged the company communicated gender-based placement criteria to job seekers, including telling female job seekers that it was only seeking to hire men for certain positions and assignments.
“Redressing and deterring class-wide sex discrimination by staffing agencies and other employers is a critical law enforcement priority,” said EEOC Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence. “The EEOC is committed to protecting female workers in the community from bias and to promoting equality of opportunity for all workers without regard to their gender.