Reference no: EM132719073

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is one of sex discrimination, specifically for pregnancy. A Tacoma based security company called Oatridge Security Group, Inc. was found guilty of violation the Civil Rights Act 1964 "which prohibits sex or pregnancy-based discrimination. The law also prohibits employers from retaliating against employees for filing charges with the EEOC" (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2020). The lawsuit states that a supervisor at one of Oatridge's project sites was terminated shortly after she revealed her pregnancy, seeking leave. The manager claimed that security work was not for a pregnant woman. The employee tried multiple times to regain her job but was unsuccessful and was retaliated against after filing a claim with the EEOC.

On November13, 2020 Oatridge agreed to pay the employee $375,000 for lost wages and compensatory damages and make substantial changes to its policies, procedures, and training to create a discrimination workplace in the future and to enhance accountability and oversight of managers. The company is also ordered to provide "anti-discriminatory training to all employees, track and report to the EEOC all complaints of discrimination or retaliation, and post a notice about the consent decree and employee rights under federal law" (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2020).

Question 1: One challenge managers face is creating organizational culture and climate where all employees have adequate knowledge about discrimination in all forms. Companies are made of people from all walks of life but how to get everyone on the same page?