UPS
Racial Discrimination Class Action
Lieff Cabraser served as counsel for a class of African-American
part-time hourly employees who were employed in the Northwest
and Pacific Regions of the United Parcel Service between
January 27, 1996 and February 5, 1999.
The lawsuit challenged alleged discriminatory practices
at UPS in the areas of initial job assignment, advancement
to skilled positions, extra work opportunities, promotion
to part-time supervisor, and promotion to full-time package
car driver.
On January 15, 1999, the parties reached a $12.14 million
settlement of the action, including injunctive relief to
address the hiring and promotion practices challenged in
the lawsuit. The U.S. District Court granted final approval
to the settlement on April 9, 1999.
A notice describing the monetary and injunctive relief
and
providing detailed instructions regarding the settlement
approval process and the claims procedure was mailed on
February 9, 1999. The claims filing process ended in
1999.
About Lieff Cabraser
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, is a 50-plus attorney law firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and Nashville. Our firm is committed to protecting the rights of employees nationwide to equitable treatment and fair wages. Lieff Cabraser employment attorneys have represented thousands of employees seeking to vindicate their rights in cases involving gender and race discrimination, overtime pay and wage and hour violations, and the mishandling of funds in pension and 401k plans.
We served as counsel in a class action suit against Abercrombie & Fitch, which led to a novel, precedent-setting settlement in 2005. The settlement required the retail clothing giant to pay $40 million to Latino, African-American, Asian-American and female applicants and employees who charged the company with discrimination. In addition, Abercrombie was required to promote diversity among its workforce and to prevent discrimination based on race or gender.
We served as class counsel for approximately 25,000 female employees of,
and applicants for employment with, Home Depot. In 1998, the Court approved
a settlement of the case in which Home Depot agreed to modify its hiring,
promotion and compensation practices, and paid $87.5 million, one of the highest
amounts ever paid in a gender discrimination case.
Lieff Cabraser has obtained lost wages and benefits for employees in overtime pay lawsuits, including the successful representation of employees of Denny's, Carrow's, the advertising firm TMP Worldwide, the California State Automobile Association, as well as several corporations in the computer industry including IBM and Computer Sciences Corporation.
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