United Airlines to Pay $99,000 in EEOC Discrimination Case

United Airlines will pay $99,000 and provide other relief to settle a federal lawsuit for a hostile work environment based on race and national origin, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Monday .

According to the EEOC, United allowed an Asian American employee of Mongolian ancestry to be called by a racial slur, physically assaulted, have his employment threatened based on his race and national origin, and delayed investigating the employee’s internal complaint even though it included claims of physical violence.

In addition to paying $99,000 and giving 75,000 flight miles to the former employee, the three-year consent decree settling ...