DIGITAL CABLE AND COMMUNICATIONS SOUTH SUED BY EEOC FOR SEX DISCRIMINATION

Parma Company Refused to Hire Women as Cable Techs, Federal Agency Charged

CLEVELAND – The U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today that Digital  Cable and Communications South, Inc., a Parma, Ohio-based cable TV installation  company, violated federal law by denying hire to female applicants for cable  technician jobs.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit,  filed in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division,  (Case No. 1:09CV-02035), a charging party and other qualified females applied  for available cable technician positions but were denied hire, despite their  qualifications, while similarly or less qualified male applicants were hired.

“It defies logic as well as federal  law to deny half the population the chance to perform a certain job,” said EEOC  Acting Chairman Stuart J. Ishimaru. “These  lawsuits, along with several others we’ve recently been forced to file on this  same issue, make that point loudly and clearly.”
 
  Sex discrimination violates Title  VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The  EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.

  “Title VII has been in effect for over  40 years, and yet there are employers that still don’t understand the law,”  said EEOC Acting Regional Attorney Debra Lawrence. “Employers cannot make employment decisions  based upon one’s gender.”

Digital Cable and Communications South, Inc. provides  installation services to multi-system operators (cable companies) in the cable  television industry.

The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting  employment discrimination. Further  information about the EEOC is available on the agency’s web site at www.eeoc.gov.