On March 6, 2000, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of a female banker, filed a lawsuit in the Western District Court of Louisiana, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, against Wells Fargo Financial Louisiana, Inc. The complaint claimed that the defendant deprived the complainant equal opportunities of getting promoted because of her race, African American, and her sex, female.

On January 3, 2001, the EEOC filed an amended complaint since it incorrectly named the defendant in its original complaint. The complainant was an Assistant Manager who was repeatedly denied a promotion to Branch Manager, despite having gotten positive recommendations from another Branch Manager. On two separate occasions, two lesser qualified White males who were also Assistant Managers were promoted to Branch Managers. The complainant was offered an intermediate position which offered a higher pay but she was never promoted to Branch Manager. The complainant then felt forced to quit because of the stress of not being able to be promoted based on her race and sex.

On August 15, 2001, the District Court (Judge F. A. Little, Jr.) entered a consent decree where the defendant, among other things, agreed to pay the complainant $12,000.

Perry Miska - 04/11/2014


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