Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2002
Closed Date: April 7, 2007
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In February 2002, the San Antonio District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Texas in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas alleging violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA"). Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant failed to hire applicants within the class of individuals protected under the ADEA, individuals age forty and older, who were qualified for its management trainee positions in its Austin, TX area facilities because of their age. After several scheduling orders, the parties settled in April 2003 through a consent decree.
The four-year decree, containing a non-discrimination clause, required the defendant to: post an ADEA notice, provide ADEA training for its managers involved in recruiting and hiring for its management trainee positions, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, perform an annual audit, and pay $160,000. In addition, the defendant agreed to set a goal of hiring five qualified individuals from the protected age class to fill available management trainee positions in the Austin metropolitan area each year.
The decree was entered in 2003 and scheduled to last 2007. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.
Summary Authors
Michele Marxkors (6/29/2007)
Clearinghouse (12/26/2018)
Last updated Feb. 16, 2024, 3 a.m.
State / Territory: Texas
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Feb. 27, 2002
Closing Date: April 7, 2007
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
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Texas (Austin, TX), Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.
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: 160000
Order Duration: 2003 - 2007
Content of Injunction:
Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Goals (e.g., for hiring, admissions)
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discrimination-basis:
EEOC-centric: