Wisconsin Residential Care Provider to Pay $80K to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Silverado, a network of memory care, at-home care, and hospice care centers, will pay $80,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency has announced.
According to the EEOC’s suit, Silverado unlawfully discriminated against Shaquena Burton, a caregiver at the Silverado Oak Village facility in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, when it fired her rather than accommodate her pregnancy-related medical restrictions, which it could have done by putting her on light duty assignment.
The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Silverado Menomonee Falls, LLC d/b/a Silverado Oak Village and Silverado Senior Living Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-1147) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee on Aug. 22, 2017, after first trying to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The consent decree settling the suit prohibits future discrimination, prohibits retaliation, and provides that Silverado will pay $80,000 to Burton. Silverado must also post notices of the settlement, revise its anti-discrimination and record-keeping policies, report any requests for light duty or other job modifications periodically to the EEOC, and train its managers regarding those rights, obligations, and procedures.
Source: EEOC