The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, alleging the hospital required female employees to perform more work than men, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
The suit claims the 326-bed hospital demoted a respiratory therapist who complained of unequal workloads. At the time of the alleged discrimination, the hospital's respiratory therapists were Asian men or black women. Female therapists were allegedly required to perform all electrocardiograms while men didn't have to do any. EEOC investigators were told men didn't feel comfortable touching bare-chested female patients for the test, but female therapists were still required to perform EKGs on male patients.
A spokesperson from Jackson Park Hospital said the hospital had no comment on the suit, which asks that a judge require the hospital to cease the alleged discrimination; provide back pay, interest and damages to the respiratory therapist who was allegedly demoted; and compensate the hospital's female employees.
Read the Chicago Tribune report on Jackson Park Hospital and the discrimination lawsuit.
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The suit claims the 326-bed hospital demoted a respiratory therapist who complained of unequal workloads. At the time of the alleged discrimination, the hospital's respiratory therapists were Asian men or black women. Female therapists were allegedly required to perform all electrocardiograms while men didn't have to do any. EEOC investigators were told men didn't feel comfortable touching bare-chested female patients for the test, but female therapists were still required to perform EKGs on male patients.
A spokesperson from Jackson Park Hospital said the hospital had no comment on the suit, which asks that a judge require the hospital to cease the alleged discrimination; provide back pay, interest and damages to the respiratory therapist who was allegedly demoted; and compensate the hospital's female employees.
Read the Chicago Tribune report on Jackson Park Hospital and the discrimination lawsuit.
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