December 10, 2020
Performance Food Group Inc. agreed to shell out $5 million to put an end to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing the company of failing to hire women at its warehouses.
March 18, 2020
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit accusing food distributor Performance Food Group Inc. of refusing to hire women in its warehouses is heading to trial, after a Maryland federal judge said Wednesday that the agency laid out enough evidence to keep the case in court.
March 06, 2019
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can't get sanctions against a food distributor it alleges illegally destroyed electronic and paper records vital to a long-running case accusing the company of refusing to hire women, a Maryland federal magistrate ruled Wednesday.
May 21, 2018
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a Maryland federal court Monday to sanction a food distributor it alleges spoiled electronically stored information crucial to a yearslong case accusing the company of refusing to hire women.
January 07, 2015
A Maryland federal judge has denied the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's bid to sanction a food distributor facing accusations it refused to hire women to work certain factory jobs, ruling that the company's late production of documents did not warrant sanctions.
November 19, 2014
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Maryland federal judge on Tuesday to sanction a food distributor facing accusations it refused to hire women to work certain factory jobs, saying the company has failed to hand over discovery in "blatant disregard" of court-ordered deadlines.
October 08, 2014
A food distributor facing accusations from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that it refused to hire women to work certain factory jobs will be allowed to clarify some statements it made about women in the workplace, a Maryland federal judge ruled Wednesday.
March 12, 2014
A food distributor sued for refusing to give women jobs involving machinery and processing equipment lost its bid to dismiss the case Wednesday, with a Maryland federal judge ruling the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had viable discrimination claims.
June 17, 2013
Food distributor Performance Food Group Inc. was sued by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in Maryland federal court Thursday for allegedly refusing to give women jobs involving working with machinery and processing equipment in its warehouses across the country.