A trash collection company contracted by the City of Jacksonville has to pay over $1 million to settle a federal racial discrimination lawsuit.
The lawsuit accused Waste Pro of Florida of subjecting black and Haitian American employees based in their Jacksonville office to hostile work environments and racial slurs.
A press release by the EEOC says the company agreed to pay $1.4 million in this settlement and will have to provide specialized training on race discrimination to the company’s CEO and human resources employees…