A Louisiana Meat Company Settles a Racial Discrimination Suit With a Former Employee
A specialty meat company in Louisiana was ordered to pay a $67,00 settlement to a former employee over allegations of pervasive racial discrimination at its two locations outside Lafayette, the Charlotte Observer reports.
Don’s Specialty Meats was accused of allowing its general manager to constantly use derogatory language and racial slurs against a Black worker, who was one of only two Black workers out of 79 employees, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s federal court filings.
“Harassment based on race and the use of racial slurs is intolerable, and an employer must act to assure that harassment of this kind is prevented and, if it happens, is vigorously addressed,” EEOC trial attorney Peter Theis said in a news release announcing the settlement.
