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4 Oct 2002

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HR Daily News

Iowa Harassment Suit Settled for $1.5M [USA]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced a $1,525,000 settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against DeCoster Farms. The EEOC had pursued the suit on behalf of women who alleged they were subjected to sexual harassment - including rape - along with other forms of abuse and retaliation by certain supervisors at DeCoster's plants in Wright County, Iowa