In September 1999, the Little Rock Area Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against AutoZone, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the charging party, a female employee, to a pattern or practice of failing to promote females based on sex, and by retaliating against the complainant following her opposition to the practice. Following discovery and defendant's failed motion for summary judgment, the parties settled the lawsuit in March 2001 through a consent decree.

The one-year decree, containing an agreement not to retaliate or discriminate, requires the defendant to: expunge complainant's employment record and provide a neutral reference, post notice of employee rights, and pay $10,000 to the complainant.

Daisy Manning - 10/29/2007


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