Post by Logan on Feb 27, 2016 6:20:48 GMT -6
B&H Electronics Store Sued for Discrimination of Hispanic Workers
For the second time in nine years, the owners of B&H Photo Video, a popular electronics store in Manhattan, have been sued by the federal government for discriminating against Hispanic workers.
On Wednesday, the federal Labor Department announced that it had filed suit against B&H for hiring only Hispanic men into entry-level jobs in a Brooklyn warehouse and then subjecting them to harassment and unsanitary conditions. The company was so unlikely to hire women to work in the warehouse that it did not have a separate restroom for them, according to the suit.
B&H, a family-owned business that started in the financial district in 1973 and moved to Midtown in 1997, has a history of labor disputes. Its name derives from the initials of its founders, Herman Schreiber and his wife, Blimie.
Until 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had been monitoring the company’s hiring and compensation practices as a result of an earlier discrimination suit. The company settled that suit in 2009 by agreeing to pay $4.3 million to 149 employees who were paid less, withheld from promotions or denied benefits because they were Hispanic.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/nyregion/bh-electronics-store-sued-for-discrimination-of-hispanic-workers.html
For the second time in nine years, the owners of B&H Photo Video, a popular electronics store in Manhattan, have been sued by the federal government for discriminating against Hispanic workers.
On Wednesday, the federal Labor Department announced that it had filed suit against B&H for hiring only Hispanic men into entry-level jobs in a Brooklyn warehouse and then subjecting them to harassment and unsanitary conditions. The company was so unlikely to hire women to work in the warehouse that it did not have a separate restroom for them, according to the suit.
B&H, a family-owned business that started in the financial district in 1973 and moved to Midtown in 1997, has a history of labor disputes. Its name derives from the initials of its founders, Herman Schreiber and his wife, Blimie.
Until 2012, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had been monitoring the company’s hiring and compensation practices as a result of an earlier discrimination suit. The company settled that suit in 2009 by agreeing to pay $4.3 million to 149 employees who were paid less, withheld from promotions or denied benefits because they were Hispanic.
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/nyregion/bh-electronics-store-sued-for-discrimination-of-hispanic-workers.html