Personnel Staffing, Inc. to Pay $155,000 in EEOC Sex Discrimination Charge

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Personnel Staffing Inc., an agency providing staffing services in more than 15 states across the southeastern U.S., will pay $155,000 to a class of female employees, conciliating an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC's investigation found that Personnel Staffing discriminated against a class of female workers between Aug. 14, 2020 and Aug. 1, 2023, based on their sex, when the company failed to refer female temporary workers to TCI of Alabama, LLC, at its Pell City, Alabama location, based on TCI's sex-biased request for male-only laborers.

"A reminder to employers: Title VII makes it unlawful for an employer to fail or refuse to hire an individual or otherwise treat them differently because of their sex. Staffing agencies can violate Title VII if they comply with a client company's discriminatory request," said Bradley A. Anderson, director of the EEOC's Birmingham District Office. "We commend Personnel Staffing, Inc. for its cooperation and undertaking measures to ensure that its employees are not treated differently based on their sex in the future."

Personnel Staffing's compliance with TCI's discriminatory request violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Following the EEOC's investigation, the parties engaged in the federal agency's pre-litigation conciliation process. In addition to paying monetary damages for a class of female temporary workers, Personnel Staffing agreed to revise and disseminate its anti-discrimination policy instructing employees about their rights and how to report discrimination; train its managers and employees on discrimination and retaliation annually, and provide other injunctive relief to prevent discriminatory or retaliatory conduct from occurring in the future.

The EEOC previously brought and settled a lawsuit charging TCI with retaliation and continues to prosecute two related enforcement actions - a related lawsuit the agency filed against TCI in January 2025 (EEOC v. TCI of Alabama, LLC, Civil Action No. 4:25-cv-00089-SGC) as well as a sex discrimination case filed against WorkSmart (EEOC v. WorkSmart Staffing, LLC, Civil Action No. 4:25-cv-01659-SGC) in September 2025.

For more information on sex-based discrimination, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/sex-based-discrimination .

The EEOC's Birmingham District Office has jurisdiction over Alabama, Mississippi (except 17 northern counties) and the Florida Panhandle.

The EEOC is the sole federal agency authorized to investigate and litigate against businesses and other private sector employers for violations of federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. For public sector employers, the EEOC shares jurisdiction with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. The EEOC also is responsible for coordinating the federal government's employment antidiscrimination effort. More information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov .