Liberty Energy Reaches $265,000 Settlement in EEOC Race Suit

Liberty Energy, Inc., doing business as Liberty Oilfield Services, LLC, has agreed to pay $265,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit, according to the EEOC Tuesday.

The company allegedly subjected a Black field mechanic and two Hispanic co-workers at an Odessa, Texas location to a hostile environment, allowing the workers to be referred to in derogatory terms such as the N-word, “beaner,” and “wetback.” Though the employees made reports to management about the harassment, no corrective action was taken, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said.

The Black mechanic was forced by management to perform undesirable ...