Filed Date: Dec. 29, 2005
Closed Date: July 11, 2008
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In December 2005, the Milwaukee District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against Consumer Programs Incorporated, d/b/a Sears Portrait Studio, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. We do not have a copy of the complaint. However, according to the consent decree, the complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against the charging party, a female employee, because of her sex and pregnancy. After some scheduling orders, the parties settled through a consent decree in July 2006.
The two-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: develop and distribute an anti-discrimination policy, provide annual Title VII training for all employees at its Wisconsin locations, post Title VII notices, report to the EEOC regarding the employment status of pregnant employees, provide the charging party with a neutral reference, and pay $36,000. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (6/11/2007)
Clearinghouse (6/12/2017)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12156064/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-consumer-programs-incorporated/
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State / Territory: Wisconsin
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Dec. 29, 2005
Closing Date: July 11, 2008
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Consumer Programs Incorporated, Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 36000
Order Duration: 2006 - 2008
Content of Injunction:
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: