Massachusetts-based Atlantic Capes Fisheries, Inc. (ACF) on Friday disputed US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) allegations claiming that ACF maintained a hostile work environment, or failed to investigate and remedy sexual harassment complaints when raised by employees of ACF and employees of its subcontractor BJ’s Service Company (BJ’s).
ACF’s Fall River, Massachusetts, facility originated from the firm’s purchase of IQF Custom Packing, Inc.’s operating and fully staffed processing plant (IQF) in 2013.
ACF acquired IQF, which included inheriting and overseeing the facility that used a subcontracted workforce supplied by BJ’s, many of whom had worked at the facility for more than a decade prior to ACF’s acquisition.
