In May 2006, the EEOC's San Francisco office filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Bally Total Fitness Corporation alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC alleged that defendant had engaged in hiring discrimination based on national origin and religion when it did not hire an Indian Sikh. The defendant, a nationwide provider of fitness centers and fitness training, and the EEOC attempted to resolve the dispute through mediation for nearly three months but were unsuccessful. Upon their return to court, the parties postponed a firm scheduling order until, four months later, they came to an agreement and a consent decree was approved in April 2007 that ordered the defendant to pay $24,000 to the complainant, enjoined it from discriminating on the basis of national origin and religion, and required it to provide equal employment opportunity training sessions to its supervisory employees. The decree was to last for one year. The docket sheet shows that no further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.

Jason Chester - 07/13/2007
- 06/07/2017


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