In September 2006 the Cleveland District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against hair salon company Regis Corporation, doing business as Smart Style Family Hair Salon, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio alleging discrimination on the basis of race and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that two complaining parties were retaliated against for opposing a practice of racial segregation of work assignments. The complainants intervened in the lawsuit in February 2007. Following some discovery, the parties settled the lawsuit in November 2007 through a consent decree.

The three-year decree, containing anti-discrimination and retaliation provisions, required the defendant to: report on complaints and make other compliance reports, allow the EEOC access for monitoring, develop its anti-discrimination policy, post notice of employee rights, provide EEO training, implement a dispute resolution process, and pay $100,000 to the complaining parties and their attorney. As there is no additional activity reflected in the docket, presumably the case closed in 2010.

David Friedman - 05/13/2008
Rachel Barr - 03/18/2018


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