NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Several subsidiaries of North American Stamping Group (NASG), a major international manufacturer of car parts, will pay $620,000 and permit two years of monitoring by the EEOC to settle the sex harassment and discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
In its suit, the EEOC alleged that since at least 2018 through 2025 NASG discriminated against more than a dozen women at the company’s facilities in Portland, Tennessee by limiting promotional opportunities in certain job categories, preventing or discouraging them from participating in apprenticeship programs, and by failing to respond adequately to sexual harassment complaints, including unwanted sexual attention and demeaning and belittling sex-based remarks, all in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“Denying employment opportunities to workers in industrial settings because of their sex is illegal, and the EEOC remains vigilant in opposing sex discrimination based on sex stereotypes and sexual harassment in the workplace,” said Christopher Lage, acting EEOC general counsel. “The suit was resolved without the burden and expense of taking sworn testimony from witnesses. We appreciate NASG’s efforts in working cooperatively with the EEOC to come to a resolution that we believe will not just benefit the women who experienced sex discrimination and harassment but will also improve NASG’s practices going forward.”
