Personnel Staffing, Inc. to Pay $155,000 in EEOC Sex Discrimination Charge

Personnel Staffing Inc., an agency providing staffing services in more than 15 states across the southeastern U.S., will pay $155,000 to a class of female employees, conciliating an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC’s investigation found that Personnel Staffing discriminated against a class of female workers between Aug. 14, 2020 and Aug. 1, 2023, based on their sex, when the company failed to refer female temporary workers to TCI of Alabama, LLC, at its Pell City, Alabama location, based on TCI’s sex-biased request for male-only laborers. “A reminder to employers: Title VII makes it unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to hire an individual or otherwise treat them differently because of their sex. Staffing agencies can violate Title VII if they comply with a client company’s discriminatory request,” said Bradley A. Anderson, director of the EEOC’s Birmingham District Office. Personnel Staffing’s compliance with TCI’s discriminatory request violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.