Retaliation for Filing EEOC Charges Is Illegal.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached a settlement agreement with a company that provides insurance products, after the EEOC sued the company for retaliation.  One of the employees of the company, Proctor Financial, filed a Charge of Discrimination against Proctor alleging that she was not given a promotion due to her race.  Later, she amended that Charge of Discrimination and added a new claim alleging that she was paid less because of her race.  Shortly after this, Proctor suspended the employee.  The EEOC alleged that the suspension (the employee’s first discipline in more than eight years) was in retaliation for the EEOC Charge and Amended Charge of Discrimination.  This alleged conduct is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination and retaliation on the basis of an employee’s race.  See EEOC v. Proctor Financial, Inc., Case No. 2:19-CV-11911 (E.D. Mich.).