Paving Company Settles EEOC Race Bias Suit for $1.25 Million

An asphalt paving company agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle claims that it subjected Black employees to severe harassment because of their race, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday.

According to the EEOC, Asphalt Paving Systems subjected Black employees to degrading and humiliating conditions such as being required to work in pouring rain while white workers watched, being forced to relieve themselves outdoors while white employees were taken to indoor restrooms, and often being called racial slurs and epithets.

The EEOC said leadership at APS’ Tampa, Fla., location witnessed and received complaints about the employees’ racist treatment, ...