July 01, 2014
Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC on Monday criticized a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission race bias suit, telling a Texas federal court the agency has improperly attempted to meld a framework for proving systemic discrimination with a method intended for individual discrimination charges.
March 04, 2014
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday rejected Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC's claim that the U.S. Equal Employment Commission had failed to make a good faith attempt to reach a settlement before suing the company for allegedly discriminating against minority applicants and employees.
October 02, 2013
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will have to prove in court that the dispute resolution methods it used when it pressured a Bass Pro Inc. subsidiary into a proposed $30 million settlement over minority hiring were within the agency's bounds, a Texas federal judge found Wednesday.
May 15, 2013
A subsidiary of Bass Pro Inc. on Wednesday urged a Texas federal court to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the sporting goods chain systematically excluded minorities from its workforce, arguing the agency rebuffed mandatory dispute resolution efforts and demanded $30 million before filing suit.
March 19, 2013
A Texas federal judge on Monday refused to toss a retooled U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC of systemic racial discrimination in its hiring practices that has kept blacks and Hispanics out of the sporting goods chain's workforce.
October 24, 2012
A Texas federal judge removed Bass Pro Inc. from an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission racial discrimination suit Wednesday, saying the court lacked personal jurisdiction over the Springfield, Mo.-based sporting goods company.
July 23, 2012
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission made a second effort Friday at a lawsuit accusing Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC of racial discrimination in hiring, filing an amended complaint that contains far more detail about its allegations of systematic efforts to keep blacks and Hispanics from the sporting goods chain's workforce.
June 01, 2012
A Texas federal judge threw out most of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's racial bias suit against sporting goods retailer Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC on Thursday, finding the EEOC failed to make its case for a pattern or practice of discrimination.
September 21, 2011
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday in Texas federal court accused sporting goods retailer Bass Pro Outdoor World LLC of systematically failing to hire black and Hispanic employees and retaliating against employees who protested the discriminatory practices.