American Freight Furniture and Mattress to Pay $5 Million to Settle Nationwide EEOC Discrimination Suit
“American Freight Management Company, LLC, which does business as American Freight Furniture and Mattress, will pay $5 million in monetary relief and provide job opportunities to women previously denied them, among other relief, to settle a federal nationwide discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S.,” reports JD Supra in their blog.
“According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least 2013, American Freight engaged in a nationwide pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified female job applicants for sales and warehouse jobs at the company’s retail stores. The EEOC’s complaint alleged that managers discarded job applications submitted by women, It also alleged.”
