Even in the year 2011, some employers still categorize certain types of work as “women’s work” and other types of work as “men’s work.” These employers keep the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) busy, as the federal agency recently filed a Source One Staffing sex discrimination lawsuit for making such sex-based categorizations.
Source One Staffing is a temporary placement agency in Chicago. In its announcement, the EEOC district director said that the agency’s investigation uncovered direct evidence of sex stereotyping in Source One’s job assignment practices.