Big suit.Big Lots Inc. has been hit with a wide-ranging sexual harassment lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), U.S. agency created in 1964 to end discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in employment and to promote programs to make equal employment opportunity a reality. It has since become responsible for ending discrimination based on age or disability. The commission receives charges of discrimination, investigates, and if they appear true, attempts to remedy them through conciliation. on behalf of a former part-time cashier at its Long Beach store. After investigating the claims of store worker Toya Stamps, the EEOC EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC - East European Organized Crime EEOC - East European Orientation Course EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Council (became Work Force 2000 Council, spring 1992) EEOC - Equipment Exceeds Operator Capability EEOC - European Exhibition On Communications says in its suit that the Ohio-based retailer of overstock and other discounted items must "institute and carry out policies, practices and programs which provide equal employment opportunities for women." The EEOC filed suit after Stamps, who began working at the store in September 2001, complained that she had been harassed by the store manager and was let go after complaining. "It's our contention she was fired," said Sue Noh NOH - neck of humerus NOH - Neons Of Houston NOH - New Orleans Hornets, a lawyer at the EEOC's Los Angeles office. "They claim she wasn't." The EEOC, which filed suit in U.S. District Court downtown, is seeking lost wages and up to $300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, in addition to the changes in its policies, Noh said. Big Lots did not return calls. |
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