Dallas County Reaches $1.65 Million Deal to End Sex Bias Suit

Dallas County, Texas, agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a sex discrimination case brought by a group of female detention officers who alleged a gender-based scheduling policy violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The officers in 2020 sued the county over a 2019 policy change that only allowed male officers to take full weekends off, while women could only take one weekend day. The policy was previously based on seniority. The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit initially dismissed the case because the ...