Garment Manufacturer to Settle for $1.7 Million
Amidst serious allegations of workplace discrimination by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the largest garment manufacturer in Saipan, L&T Group of Companies Ltd. has agreed to pay $1.7 million dollars to avoid further litigation . Saipan is the largest island and the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
L&T has been accused of numerous acts of discrimination against their employees, including but not limited to firing pregnant employees and replacing them with women who are not, as well as singling out company employees that are not Chinese and forcing them to socialize, work, and eat in designated segregated areas.
The claims brought by the EEOC were filed in US District Court for the Northern Mariana Island and will provide injunctive relief to those who have fallen victim to the Defendant’s acts of age, national origin, and pregnancy discrimination.
