May 21, 2015
Dollar General said Wednesday that the Chicago federal court overseeing a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission race bias case over the discount retailer's criminal background check policy erred by not forcing the EEOC to fork over information on its own use of background checks.
May 06, 2015
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday declined Dollar General's bid for access to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's policies regarding its use of background checks and criminal history records when making hiring decisions, as part of the agency's suit over the retailer's screening of black job applicants.
May 05, 2015
Dollar General on Monday asked an Illinois federal court to reverse a judge's order to produce certain documents relating to its job application process, saying the information is "irrelevant" to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's proposed class action over the retailer's screening of black job applicants.
April 21, 2015
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may depose two Dollar General store managers as part of a class action that claims the retailer's criminal background screenings disproportionately impact black job applicants, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday.
March 12, 2015
Dollar General is gunning for "unprecedented" discovery restrictions in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit that claims the discount retailer's use of criminal background screening in the hiring process disproportionately affects black applicants, the EEOC told a Chicago federal court Wednesday.
October 30, 2014
The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Illinois federal court Wednesday that government privilege shields analysis and recommendation documents regarding the agency's decision to file a race bias suit over Dollar General's use of background checks in hiring.
October 22, 2014
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission struck back in Illinois federal court Tuesday against an attempt by Dollar General to dig up documents related to the EEOC's investigation of supposedly discriminatory hiring practices, saying the request was a "waste of time" because the documents are irrelevant to the suit.
September 29, 2014
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission should hand over information about its own employment practices as well as more specifics regarding its claim that Dollar General's criminal background check screening disproportionately pushed out black workers, the retailer has told an Illinois federal court.
September 24, 2014
Seeking to force Dollar General to provide information on prospective employees who received conditional job offers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told an Illinois federal court Wednesday the data would help determine whether the retailer's background check policy unfairly screened out a class of minorities.
July 29, 2014
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday ordered Dollar General to turn over information on its use of background checks in hiring, in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's suit alleging the retailer's background screening discriminated against minority job applicants.