The EEOC's Indianapolis office filed this suit on September 29, 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Cincinnati). The complaint alleged that defendant Sara Lee Corporation violated Title VII, EPA, ADEA, and the ADA by requiring employees to waive their right to file an EEO claim before they could receive severance pay. A complainant intervened in the suit. The defendant filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings in regard to the complaint of both the EEOC and the intervenor. The parties entered notice of voluntary dismissal on August 8, 2007 and the court dismissed the case on August 9, 2007.

William Burns - 03/09/2008


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