Federal officials accuse a staffing company with offices in Hoover and Leeds of discriminating against women after a client only requested male laborers for their facility.
The lawsuit against WorkSmart Staffing LLC. was announced today by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
According to the EEOC, the company’s branches in Hoover and Leeds complied with a client’s request to only send men to work for them. The allegation is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination because of an individual’s sex…