The female leader of a workforce hiring firm accused in a federal lawsuit of discriminating against women at offices in Hoover and Leeds denied wrongdoing and said federal officials have failed to clearly detail their concerns to them.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week sued the Greenville, S.C.-based staffing company WorkSmart, accusing the company of discriminating against women after a client requested only male laborers be sent to work for them.
The violations are alleged to come from WorkSmart offices in Hoover and Leeds.
“We have made repeated good-faith efforts to resolve this issue with the EEOC for over a year, but despite our requests for dialogue, it has rejected our efforts to meet and has failed to provide clarity on its concerns,” WorkSmart CEO Vane