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EEOC sues Alabama recycler for sex discrimination

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EEOC sues Alabama recycler for sex discrimination

SIA Editorial Staff
| January 28, 2025
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Delaware-based TCI of Alabama, a recycler of large items such as transformers and electrical equipment, violated federal employment laws when it denied female job applicants based on their sex, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Jan. 17.

According to the lawsuit, TCI violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against a class of female employees in its Pell City, Alabama, location since at least Aug. 1, 2020, by denying them laborer positions because of their sex. The EEOC alleges that TCI instructed multiple staffing firms not to place or refer women for TCI’s laborer positions.

“The EEOC prioritizes cases where the agency can efficiently and effectively serve the public interest by addressing widespread discrimination,” said EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows. “This case demonstrates that even today, many women still face barriers to obtaining jobs traditionally held by men. Employers cannot deny job opportunities to women based on sex, and the EEOC will not hesitate to act if they do so.”

TCI in May 2024 settled an EEOC retaliation lawsuit for $90,000 in which the agency alleged that the company terminated a manager — a 28-year employee — who refused to recant after telling a company investigator that TCI had a practice of not hiring female laborers.

TCI has been contacted for comment.