Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2005
Closed Date: 2008
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In February 2005, the Charlotte District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Dennis' Foods, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina alleging that the defendant subjected the charging party, a female employee, to a sexually hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After some scheduling orders and discovery, the parties settled in July 2005 through a consent decree.
The three-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: expunge the charging party's personnel file of all references to the charge of discrimination, provide her with a positive employment reference, implement and distribute an anti-discrimination policy, post an employee notice, provide Title VII training for all its employees, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay the charging party $2,500. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.
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Justin Kanter (7/26/2007)
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Last updated March 27, 2024, 3:17 a.m.
State / Territory: South Carolina
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Feb. 17, 2005
Closing Date: 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
Dennis' Foods, Inc. (Greenwood, SC), 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: 2500
Order Duration: 2005 - 2008
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination-basis:
Affected Sex or Gender:
EEOC-centric: