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Company: CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Paramount Global
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Penalty: $8,000,000
Year: 2000
Date: October 25, 2000
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: gender discrimination
Violation Description: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement of a major sex discrimination lawsuit against CBS Broadcasting, Inc. for $8 million in financial compensation for approximately 200 female workers in various cities, along with wide- ranging injunctive relief to be monitored by EEOC over the duration of the four year Consent Decree. The suit charged CBS with subjecting a class of female technicians to a pattern and practice of discrimination in regard to salary, over time, promotions, and training; creating a hostile work environment that included sexual harassment; and retaliating against female employees for complaining about the discrimination.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: media
Specific Industry of Current Parent: media
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.