Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Publix Super Markets, Inc.

  1. May 27, 2021

    Publix, EEOC Agree To End Bias Suit Over Dreadlocks

    Publix and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission staved off a trial slated for June with a deal to resolve the agency's suit claiming the grocery chain told a Rastafarian applicant he'd have to chop his dreadlocks to work at a Nashville store.

  2. August 20, 2020

    Tenn. Judge Puts EEOC Religious Bias Suit In Jury's Hands

    Publix Super Markets Inc. must face a trial over claims that it discriminated against a jilted Rastafarian job applicant who was told he'd have to cut his dreadlocks in order to work at a Nashville store, a Tennessee federal judge has ruled.

  3. September 28, 2017

    EEOC Accuses Publix Markets Of Religious Discrimination

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has slapped Publix Super Markets Inc. with discrimination claims in Tennessee federal court after a Rastafarian was told he would have to cut his dreadlocks to work at a store even though it violated his religious beliefs, the agency said Wednesday.

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