EEOC Takes On Exxon In Racial Discrimination Suit After 5 Nooses Were Found At La. Complex.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Exxon Mobil Corporation for racial discrimination.
The lawsuit claims the petrochemical company failed to protect a black worker from harassment after nooses were found at its Baton Rouge Complex.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Black employee at ExxonMobil’s chemical plant found a hangman’s noose at his worksite in January 2020. ExxonMobil knew that three other nooses had been displayed at the Baton Rouge complex when he reported the noose. The EEOC alleges that ExxonMobil investigated some, but not all, of the prior incidents and failed to take measures reasonably calculated to end the harassment.
After the employee reported the noose in January, a fifth noose was reported in December 2020 at the complex. The EEOC said that ExxonMobil’s actions and omissions regarding the noose incidents created a racially hostile work environment.
