Two Jewish brothers recently settled a religious-based harassment suit with Administaff Inc., where the Baltimore Sun reports that the two men are now walking away with $115,000. The case sheds light on how various forms of religious harassment violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Administaff is a nationwide company that is based in Kingwood, Texas and provides full-service human resources to small and medium-size businesses. The company has offices in several Texas cities, including Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio.
Brothers Scott and Joseph Jacobson worked with employment lawyers from the U.S Equal Opportunity Commission on their case. EEOC alleged that the brothers were called "dirty Jew," "dumb Jew," and other anti-Semitic slurs by coworkers and managers at Administaff's Hartford office. The EEOC lawsuit also claimed that the boys were thrown into a trash bin for the amusement of others and that a swastika symbol was carved into Scott Jacobson's work vehicle.
"Title VII of the Civil Rights Act embodies the promise that no one should have to endure this kind of abuse in the workplace," EEOC Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru said in a press release.
EEOC states that religious discrimination charge filings have substantially increased over the past several years.The 2009 fiscal year marked a year for a record high number of 3,386 religious discrimination charges. This is almost double for the amount of religious discrimination charges that appeared in the 1992 fiscal year.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination and encourages all employees who experience discrimination in the workplace to contact the agency. Texas also has many Houston employment lawyers who regularly deal with employment discrimination claims.
Related Resources:
- Religious Discrimination in the Workplace (FindLaw)
- Discrimination and Harassment (FindLaw)
- Find Houston Employment Lawyers (FindLaw)
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