Alaskan Gold Mine To Settle EEOC Bias, Retaliation Suit For $690,000

Mealey's (June 14, 2019, 12:08 PM EDT) -- FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A federal judge in Alaska on June 12 signed off on a consent decree between the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a gold mine under which the mine will pay $690,000 and make policy changes to end claims that it failed to promote a female miner and then retaliated against her when she complained (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo, LLC, No. 18-34, D. Alaska)....