JACO Enterprises, LLC, a transportation/limousine company offering services throughout Kentucky, failed to pay $95,000 to alleged victims of sexual harassment as required pursuant to a conciliation agreement the company entered into with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency charged in a lawsuit announced June 15.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee filed a charge of discrimination alleging she was sexually harassed by a male employee and that other employees were similarly harassed by the same person. On Oct. 6, 2025, JACO’s president signed a conciliation agreement which required the company to pay the original complainant $70,000 and $25,000 to other aggrieved women. The filing charged the company with failing to pay any of the money.
“JACO’s failure to pay as required under the agreement constitutes the breach of a binding contract,” said Kenneth Bird, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Indianapolis District. “In the interests of the harmed parties and the general public, the EEOC will vigorously enforce terms of the conciliation agreements that it enters into with employers.”
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment.
