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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Rent-A-Center
Current Parent Company: Rent-A-Center
Penalty: $47,000,000
Year: 2002
Date: October 4, 2002
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: gender discrimination
Mega-Scandal: Employment Discrimination
Violation Description: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois granted final approval to a $47,000,000 landmark agreement reached by attorneys for a class of over 5,000 women, the EEOC, and Rent-A-Center to settle two major lawsuits alleging class-wide sex discrimination. Under the terms of the settlement, RAC was to offer an estimated 1,100 jobs to women who had claimed sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.