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$48.9 Million In EEOC-Verizon Pregnancy Bias Settlement
June 07, 2006 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo

12,326 women will share in a $48,900,000 settlement between EEOC and Verizon Communications.

Sounds big. It comes to less than $4,000 per individual.

This followed lawsuits filed by EEOC against two of Verizon's predecessors: NYNEX and Bell Atlantic.

The suits alleged that the companies violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and the Civil Rights Act of 1991, by denying female employees service credit related to pregnancy and maternity leaves of absence taken between July 2, 1965 and April 28, 1979, and care for newborn children leaves of absence taken between July 2, 1965 and December 31, 1983.

EEOC's press release: Class Of Women To Receive $48.9 Million In EEOC-Verizon Pregnancy Bias Settlement.

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