Parking Authority Bias Case Settled

The Department of Justice has reached a settlement in a lawsuit that accused the Reading Parking Authority in southeastern Pennsylvania of discriminating against Hispanic employees.
 
The DOJ says in a Friday statement that under the terms of the agreement the parking authority will pay a total of $65,000 to five individuals harmed by the discrimination and harassment, plus $12,500 for their legal fees. The parking authority also agreed to institute new policies and training to ensure that its employees are not subjected to discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
 
The DOJ had claimed that Hispanic parking authority employees were subjected to pervasive ethnic slurs, offensive comments and threats of physical harm beginning in 2007 and continuing for several years.