An employer that operated as a male‑only workplace for years is facing major consequences after the EEOC found a long‑standing pattern of sex‑based hiring discrimination. The agency alleges the company refused to hire women for laborer jobs, claiming female workers would be sexually harassed and that harassment would reduce productivity. The EEOC secured a $2.6 million settlement — along with separate enforcement actions against staffing agencies that followed the employer’s discriminatory hiring instructions.