Haitian Employees Gets $150,000 in Racial Discrimination Case

Dias Landscapes Corp., a Boynton Beach nursery, will pay $150,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit this year, alleging Dias Landscapes fired longtime Haitian employees based on their race and nationality and replaced them with Hispanics. Two of the employees had worked for Dias for more than a decade.

Dias must implement an anti-discrimination training program and adopt an anti-discrimination policy. The company will also post a notice that it has settled the suit.

All training and notices must be translated into both Creole and Spanish.