In Roberts v. Tim Dahle Imports, Inc., 2022 WL 1773036 (D.Utah June 1, 2022), an employment discrimination case, the court granted defendant’s motion in limine to exclude evidence in the form of an EEOC Consent Decree. From the decision: Plaintiff offers the 2009 consent decree for a proper purpose to prove intent and motive to…
Read More EEOC Consent Decree Excluded From EvidenceIn a recent bulletin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the resolution (via Consent Decree) of plaintiff’s gender/pregnancy discrimination claim against Manhattan restaurant Lucy’s Cantina Royale. Notably, from the bulletin: The EEOC’s lawsuit asserted that the restaurant group fired a server working at Lucy’s Cantina Royale after it learned of her pregnancy and…
Read More EEOC Reports $45,000 Settlement in Pregnancy Discrimination Suit Against Lucy’s Cantina RoyaleA recently-issued Consent Decree in the matter of EEOC v. GRK Pas LLC d/b/a GRK Fresh Greek, 2020 WL 3073786 (S.D.N.Y. June 10, 2020) reflects the resolution of plaintiffs’ hostile work environment sexual harassment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the Decree: Considering Defendants’ ongoing financial difficulties. the…
Read More EEOC Consent Decree Reached with GRK Fresh Holdings in Sexual Harassment CasePursuant to a May 5, 2017 Consent Decree in EEOC v. Special Education Associates (EDNY 17-cv-1791) (a failure-to-hire sex discrimination case), the defendant must pay $57,000 in damages to the underlying complainant, comprising $20,000 in back pay and $37,000 in compensatory damages.[1]The Decree contains other remedial measures, such as requiring the defendant to distribute an antidiscrimination…
Read More EEOC Consent Decree Entered in Failure-to-Hire Sex Discrimination CaseHere is the August 1, 2016 EEOC consent decree, reflecting a $150,000 settlement, in the sexual harassment/hostile work environment lawsuit captioned EEOC v. Hillcrest Marshall, Inc. d/b/a Dunkin Donuts, SDNY 15-cv-07293 (you can read about the complaint here):
Read More EEOC Consent Decree Resolves Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Dunkin Donuts for $150,000In a consent decree filed on March 24, 2016, plaintiff U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and defendants (various Mavis Tire entities and Cole Muffler) resolved plaintiff’s claims of gender discrimination (failure to hire). In its 2012 federal court complaint, the EEOC asserted that Defendants … failed to hire … qualified female applicants while hiring less qualified men for…
Read More $2.1 Million Consent Decree in Gender Discrimination/Failure to Hire Case Against Mavis Tire et alThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Seapod Pawnbrokers have entered into a consent decree resolving a lawsuit, EEOC v. Seapod Pawnbrokers, Inc. et al., EDNY 14-cv-4567. (Here is the EEOC press release.) In its October 2014 amended complaint, the EEOC alleges that defendants violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by subjecting female employees to…
Read More $300K Consent Decree in EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Seapod Pawnbrokers