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 ...
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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.
Michele Marxkors - 06/11/2007
- 06/12/2017
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