B&H forced Hispanic workers to use separate bathroom: feds
B&H Photo & Electronics treats it minority warehouse workers unfairly — including forcing its Hispanic warehouse employees to use a separate “unsanitary” bathroom — according to a US Labor Department lawsuit filed Thursday . The destination store, a fixture in New York for the past 30 years, is also accused of not providing female employees at its Brooklyn Navy Yard warehouse a separate restroom or changing facility and discriminating against black and Asian job-seekers. Earlier this month, the retailer was fined $32,000 after it was found that it lacked guardrails on raised platforms at the warehouse. In 2007, the national retail chain paid $4.3 million to settle a separate discrimination case . Henry Posner, a spokesman for B&H, declined to comment about the Labor Department action other than to say they are “unresolved issues.” Labor has been investigating conditions at the warehouse since 2013, when B&H, a federal contractor, underwent a routine inspection. The ...