Pace Services L.P., a Houston-area construction company, has agreed to pay a former employee $122,500 and provide additional remedial relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit that was filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The plaintiff, Mohammad Kaleemuddin, is of East Indian descent and asserted that a Pace supervisor referred to him as "terrorist," "Taliban," "Osama," and "Al-Qaeda."
Occupational Health and Safety News reports that even with numerous complaints, Mohammad Kaleemuddin claimed that Pace Services never took action to stop the racial harassment. Such harassment is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.