Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. has agreed to pay $85,500 to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging discriminatory behavior in its hiring practices, the agency said Tuesday. The EEOC filed a lawsuit in January alleging that Fahnestock & Co. Inc., which is now known as Oppenheimer & Co., denied a job interview to a woman named Jaime Sanders in 2003 for a broker trainee position because of her gender. The EEOC said Oppenheimer, as part of a consent decree filed with the court, will set up a $75,000 scholarship fund for the advancement of women in the financial services industry and to provide $10,500 to Sanders.