JBS agrees to $5.5M settlement in discrimination suit

DENVER and GREELEY – JBS USA  Inc. today agreed to pay $5.5 million and provide other relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit that began in 2010.

The case was originally filed against JBS USA LLC, which at the time was doing business as JBS Swift & Co. The company has since changed its name. 

The  U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the case, charging race, national origin, and religious discrimination at the company’s beef-processing plant in Greeley. The EEOC’s suit alleged that JBS discriminated against employees because they were Muslim, immigrants from Somalia, and Black. According to the EEOC, JBS denied…