New York, NY – B&H Store Settles Job Bias Lawsuit for $4.3M

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    New York, NY – B&H electronics retailer in New York City has settled a job discrimination lawsuit on behalf of 149 Latino warehouse workers for $4.3 million.

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    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said today a federal judge in Manhattan approved the settlement.

    The federal agency had accused B&H of paying the Manhattan and Brooklyn workers less than other workers, and denying them promotions and health benefits because they were Latino.

    The EEOC plans to monitor B&H for five years.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    thats crazy i work there its the best store. there closed on shabbos even to order..

    Spicandspan
    Spicandspan
    15 years ago

    Of couse, the Spanish could pay Jews whatever they want and nobody would bat an eyelash. Double-standard for sure. The Haspanic and Black are a guilded minority in this country. Let all jews move to E”Y where we belong.

    rush
    rush
    15 years ago

    Maybe propose to obama to tax these communists the same 90% that he’s taxing the aig bonouses. I don’t see the differance both are getting money they don’t deserve

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    That is ridiculous. They could be closed on shabos. They could close their internet site on shabbos and they could still be discriminating against Latinos.

    Proud B&H employee
    Proud B&H employee
    15 years ago

    To #1 : I work there too. This lawsuit is a few years old and is first finishing now. B&H has long ago cleaned up their act and corrected their ways which brought about this lawsuit. Just a few weeks ago when they unfortunately laid off 14 people, they were very careful to be evenhanded in their dismissals. People make mistakes (this one quite expensive) but, learn from them so as not to repeat it again.

    mr613
    mr613
    15 years ago

    wow $28,859 FOR EACH EMPLOYEE

    chusid
    chusid
    15 years ago

    I work there too and it is the best place for a heimishe yeed to work.
    May Hashem bless the owners and management with only gezint nachas and parnoosah berevach

    lucie
    lucie
    15 years ago

    We all support B&H, they are the only jewish company closed on entire chol hamoed & any other jewish hollidays ……..
    Chazak

    dovy
    dovy
    15 years ago

    People pay Hispanics less because they are willing to work fgor less. It is sim ply business sense, not bigotry. This ruling stinks!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    We Continue to support you through every obstacle. On a professional outlook they have more pro equipment than anyone else, I will never shop elsewhere!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    thank u number four to number one and others like u obviously do not think when u write comments or u just dont understand the article!

    Alen
    Alen
    15 years ago

    Shame on EEOC

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    To # 8: $4,300,000 ÷ 149 Workers = ???

    anyonymous
    anyonymous
    15 years ago

    i agree we all need to support B&H they are reasonable and reliable in every way…
    and yes the fact that they are closed shabbos and yom tov is a very big deal and we should all honor and respect that!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    B”N I will buy my next electronic device from b&h

    Lawyer
    Lawyer
    15 years ago

    #26 YOu have a strong case if you feel you were discriminated because of your religion (especialy if you are chasidic). Just tape there remarks for acouple of days,then google for a good discrimination ( civil rights ) attorney, don’t sleep, nobody should live with discrimination. We Jews are constantly being discriminated against.

    brooke
    brooke
    15 years ago

    they are a real frum business. not like the other ‘crum’ ones out there. Bad things happen to good people. its just a test.

    Appalled
    Appalled
    15 years ago

    this is a desecration of God’s name and it’s people like this that give Jews a bad name! And all you that commented in B&H’s favor are an embarrassment to yourselves and to Jews everywhere. Who cares if they’re closed on shabbos if they’re morally corrupt. “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice ” (Hoshea 6,6) maybe you should go learn some tanach!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    #25 . I feel your PAIN …well start working hard and look on yourself and not on others you might have a chance of making it …who broke the law here ? What are you blobling away u don’t have a clue what u r talking somebody is got to put some scence in to your mind and I’m telling you again look at yourself and not on others

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Apalled …stuff your stupid mouth with garlic .why are you mocking B@H they give 100s of yiden parnoosah and they are a very honest company known in the business world they keep on making a Kidush Hashem with their fairness and not fooling their clients and yes the fact that they closed their website for shabbos and are closed chol hamoed in the time when other yidishe companies their competitions are open proves something more then the regular guy out there in yidish we call it Mesiros Nefesh

    Milhouse
    Milhouse
    15 years ago

    I can’t believe this. Suppose you have a business, and a yid applies for a job, for which he is qualified. Don’t you have an OBLIGATION to give him preference over other applicants who are not yidden? And suppose you have to reduce your staff; don’t you have an OBLIGATION to keep the yid and fire someone else instead? Suppose you see that the yid is struggling to make ends meet; isn’t it a mitzvah to give him a raise, even though you’re not giving one to your other workers?

    These are all TORAH OBLIGATIONS. Tzedokoh, gemilus chasodim, ahavas yisroel. And yet to the law these are all “discrimination” against those who are not yidden. That’s what this case was about. Unfortunately the owners were forced to stop discriminating in favour of their fellow-yidden. Commenter #7 tells us that “Just a few weeks ago when they unfortunately laid off 14 people, they were very careful to be evenhanded in their dismissals”. Do you hear what he’s saying? Yidden are now unemployed, who could still be working, because of this prosecution and this iniquitous law. Because the owners were FORCED to act against their consciences and against the Torah. I don’t blame them; they had no choice. Another such prosecution and they’d be in real trouble. But why are you people celebrating instead of mourning?

    chusid
    chusid
    15 years ago

    reply to 35
    u r a self hating jew.

    deepthinker
    deepthinker
    15 years ago

    THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT B&H IS GUILTY–Of not paying enough “Protection Money” to Democrat politicians.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I don’t understand — are people suggesting it’s okay to pay people less and not promote them because of their ethnicity? This is America, folks. Yidden were on the receiving end of this type of prejudice until recently, so we should takke know better. But as others have said, this is an old case & B&H has cleaned up their act big time since then and is a wonderful company.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    who is the moser and how much of acut is he getting please let us know

    appalled
    appalled
    14 years ago

    Milhouse, you are a fool and a bigot! (i’m not sure which is worse)i agree with #41 , i think you’d feel much more at home with the KKK or some neo-nazis. if indiscriminate hate doesn’t bother you morally, then there’s not much convincing i can do., but i’ll try regardless.
    even if you say that you should give Jews preferential treatment, it does not give you license to treat non-jews badly and deny them health benefits. it is possible to treat BOTH Jews and non-jews well! (secondly, “and you shall love thy neighbor (rey’acha) as thineself” British Chief Rabbi J. H. Hertz and Professor Nechama Leibovitz claim that this refers to non-jews as well-thought this, agreeably, is subject to debate)
    think about it, if you condone racism, how can we find fault in anti-semitism. there is nothing more hypocritical than a jewish racist.
    and i do believe that God despises racism, though there may not be a definite pasuk i can point to now, “and you shall love the stranger (ger)” though it may refer specifically to a convert-the spirit of the law clearly does not condone wanton hate of non-jews because they are non-jewish.
    even if you think that the Aryan race of Jews is supreme, it does not give you permission to hate those who are not Jewish, it’s not in their control, and you cannot be wicked without wanting to, unless of course you believe in a fickle and whimsical God like Gloucester- “like flies to wanton boys we are to the gods, they kill us for sport”-King Lear.
    -when i hear people like you, i don’t blame those non-jews that hate us.

    chaim
    chaim
    14 years ago

    wow, milhouse, go join the KKK, i guess some people were born without a conscience.