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GE energy firm sanctioned for ignoring subpoenas in EEOC case

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GE energy firm sanctioned for ignoring subpoenas in EEOC case

A General Electric Corp. subsidiary has been ordered by a federal judge to pay a $5,300 fine as a sanction for contempt of court in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission age and discrimination case, the agency said.

The EEOC said Thursday that GE Oil & Gas Inc., a unit of Fairfield, Conn.-based GE is to pay $5,000 in attorney fees and $300 in costs for its failure to comply with administrative subpoenas and its subsequent failure to follow a court order mandating compliance with the subpoenas. The sanction was ordered by Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore of U.S. District Court in Houston.

The EEOC said the subpoenas were issued in May 2014, and in September Judge Gilmore signed an order requiring GE Oil & Gas to comply with the subpoenas, which sought documents related to age and race discrimination being investigated by the EEOC. When GE Oil & Gas did not comply, EEOC moved for the imposition of sanctions in November 2014.

“The EEOC remains committed to prompt investigations of discrimination charges filed by workers and applicants,” said Rose Adewale-Mendes, supervisory trial attorney of the agency’s Houston district office, in a statement. “If an employer fails to cooperate voluntarily with the EEOC’s investigations, and fails to respond to subpoenas stemming from the employer’s non-cooperation, the EEOC will exercise its right to seek assistance from the courts so that investigations can be informed by relevant documentary evidence, and completed without unnecessary delay.”

A GE spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.

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