R&R Janitorial Services to Pay $1.25M in EEOC National Origin Discrimination Lawsuit

WASHINGTON – R&R Janitorial, Painting, and Building Services, Inc. (R&R), a federal contractor headquartered in Washington providing janitorial services to government agencies, will pay $1,250,000 and provide other equitable relief to settle a national origin and race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, in April 2018, R&R fired a group of Hispanic janitors who worked at the Harry S. Truman building because of their Central American national origins and race. Some of those fired had worked in the building for nearly two decades. The vice president of R&R, who selected employees for terminations, made racially charged remarks shortly before the Hispanic janitors were fired, including commenting that Hispanics were taking over the D.C. area and that “all amigos look alike” to him, as well as forwarding an email that likened immigrants to raccoons needing extermination.

More at the source: EEOC.gov

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