This case may be seen as part of that effort, and we are pleased that it remains on track toward a judicial resolution of the allegations of our complaint." District Judge Andrea Wood.Īcting District Director for the EEOC in Chicago, Julianne Bowman, said "One of the priorities of EEOC's Strategic Enforcement Plan is combating systemic discrimination in hiring on the basis of race. The suit, on which pre-trial work will now proceed, is assigned to U.S. 13-cv-6656), after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago ( EEOC v. even in the absence of the identification of an individual job applicant who was rejected because of his race."
In its Apdecision, the court rejected that argument, concluding that the EEOC's "allegations of intentional discrimination are sufficient to state a claim for Title VII relief. The company's motion to dismiss argued that the EEOC's complaint should be dismissed because it did not identify the victims of the alleged hiring discrimination. In its complaint, the EEOC charged that the Chicago-area Italian restaurant chain violated federal civil rights laws by refusing to hire African-Americans because of their race. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. Race-Based Hiring Discrimination Claims Will Go ForwardĬHICAGO - A federal judge has denied a motion to dismiss a claim of racial discrimination in hiring against Rosebud Restaurants, the U.S.
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