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    South Dakota cheese company to pay $85K to settle sex discrimination charge

    Associated Press – Tue, Dec 18, 2012

    MILBANK, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota cheese making company has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a sex discrimination charge.

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Milbank-based Valley Queen Cheese Factory has agreed to pay the settlement to two female applicants rejected for the position of milk hauler.

    The EEOC says the company refused to hire the women for the milk hauler positions and had a history of staffing the position exclusively with men.

    In addition to the settlement, the company agreed to provide anti-discrimination training to all employees and expand its recruiting.

    Valley Queen Cheese Factory denies that it discriminated against women. The company says rather than fight through litigation, it decided it was best to settle the charges.

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