Glunt Industries in Warren has settled a federal lawsuit filed in September 2024 over allegations that the machining company rejected women for production positions and discriminated against female hires.

The company agreed Friday to pay $2 million and provide other relief to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

The lawsuit alleged Glunt engaged in sex discrimination when the company denied production jobs to a class of women since at least 2018. 

The lawsuit alleged that Glunt failed to provide women's restrooms on the plant floor in any of its plants and "denied production jobs to a class of women since at least 2018."

The lawsuit also alleged that the company discriminated against a former human resources director and retaliated against her for her role in hiring two women for project manager positions, resulting in her separation from employment.

"The EEOC remains firmly committed to eliminating and remedying unlawful hiring practices that deny women employment because of sex, including in the manufacturing industry," said Debra Lawrence, regional attorney for the EEOC's Philadelphia District Office.

"With this consent decree, the EEOC obtained substantial monetary and injunctive relief for women who were unjustly discharged from their jobs at Glunt, the class of women denied production positions, and the public," Lawrence added.

Under the two-year consent decree, Glunt has agreed to pay $2 million in monetary relief to Glunt's former HR director, the two women who were discharged from project manager positions, and a class of women who applied for production positions at Glunt and were not hired.

The consent decree also prohibits Glunt from discriminating based on sex, and it provides for training, record-keeping, monitoring, and reporting.

The agreement also stated that Glunt will cooperate in efforts to provide equal employment opportunities for specific female applicants who applied for a production position at Glunt and were not hired.