Shellfish Harvester, Staffing Agency Agree To Settle EEOC’s Harassment Suit

(January 30, 2019, 1:11 PM EST) -- BOSTON — New Jersey-based Shellfish harvester Atlantic Capes Fisheries Inc. (ACF) and a Massachusetts staffing agency, BJ’s Service Co. Inc., will pay $675,000 to end a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a consent decree approved by a U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts judge on Jan. 29 (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al. v. Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc., et al., No. 17-11860, D. Mass.)....