CLINTON — Twelve current and former city of Clinton employees will receive a piece of $150,000 settlement over complaints that the city allegedly violated the Iowa and federal civil rights statutes.

Raymond Hickey, Robert Fore Jr., Jonathan Raes, Thomas Dopson, Amby Johnson Jr., Timothy Nielsen, Larry Melvin Jr., Gary Vath, James Pope, Scott Bengston and Scott Smith, all of whom are or were city employees in the streets and sanitation department, each filed Equal Employment Opportunity complaints with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission alleging violation of their civil rights.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.