The New Orleans District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against K&B Louisiana Corp., doing business as Rite Aid Inc., in July of 2003, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The suit was based on sexual harassment and retaliation against a female employee in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complainant intervened in the case, which consisted mostly of discovery issues. Rite Aid filed a motion for summary judgment in which the court granted and dismissed the intervenor's claim for damages arising from Title VII, her claim for injunctive relief based upon Title VII, and her claim for punitive damages arising from Title VII. After this the parties worked towards and reached a settlement on July 28, 2004.

The consent agreement that was ordered by the court included only injunctive relief; all prayers for monetary relief were denied. Rite Aid had to train the perpetrators and guarantee that their stores had the federally mandated Title VII postings. Rite Aid was also forced to post the number of its human resources manager in their stores in Louisiana.

Alex Bean - 06/01/2007


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