October 01, 2019
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission struck a deal with Dollar General to end a long-running Illinois federal suit alleging the bargain retailer's criminal background check policy discriminated against a nationwide class of black job applicants.
December 12, 2017
An Illinois federal judge largely denied Dollar General's bid to force the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to provide more evidence that the discount chain's background checks have a disparate impact on black applicants, saying the agency had already conducted a study on their effect.
April 11, 2017
An Illinois federal judge dealt Dollar General a setback on Monday in a suit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over allegedly racially biased background checks for prospective hires, saying two of the discount chain's defenses can't be used.
March 15, 2017
Dollar General on Tuesday fought an attempt by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to strike from the record a sealed document said to detail a confidential conciliation process that occurred before the EEOC formally accused the retailer of racial discrimination in court.
February 17, 2017
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked an Illinois federal court on Thursday to strike a sealed document referencing the presuit confidential conciliation process, arguing that placing it in the record during a suit alleging the company's background checks were racially discriminatory jeopardized the commission's ability to conduct frank discussions.
November 22, 2016
Dollar General on Monday objected to an Illinois federal judge's ruling that it can't force the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to hand over records in its case accusing the retailer of discriminating against African-American workers
November 07, 2016
An Illinois federal judge ruled Monday that Dollar General can't force the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to hand over records in its case accusing the retailer of discriminating against black workers, finding the agency could keep its calculation methods private.
November 17, 2015
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday ordered a magistrate judge to take a second look at whether Dollar General can get access to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's presuit race bias analysis data in the agency's suit challenging the discount retailer's criminal background check policy.
June 19, 2015
An Illinois federal judge overseeing a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission race bias case over Dollar General's criminal background check policy on Friday again rejected the discount retailer's bid for access to EEOC's own use of background checks, saying the company's arguments were unpersuasive.
June 04, 2015
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday urged an Illinois federal court to move discovery forward in its suit over Dollar General's criminal background check policy, saying the court should reject the retailer's "repetitive" bid for data on the EEOC's own background checks.