March 25, 2016
A New York tire company reached an agreement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a consent decree in federal court on Thursday, dismissing a discrimination suit in return for a $2.1 million payout and an order not to base hiring decisions on applicants' sex.
March 30, 2015
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's claim that Mavis Discount Tire Inc. tossed important applications and resumes following a sex discrimination charge is "fundamentally flawed," the tire giant told a New York federal court Friday, arguing Mavis forwards such applications to its human resources office.
February 03, 2015
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a New York federal judge on Monday that Mavis Discount Tire Inc. got rid of important applications and resumes after the filing of a worker's sex discrimination charge, saying the lack of documents made the class of rejected but qualified female applicants "artificially smaller."