The Plaintiff: EEOC v. Lowe's

The plaintiffs in the case claim that Lowe's allowed sexual harassment of female employees at their Lake Havasu City location for approximately ten years in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After a year's worth of attempts to reach a prelitigation settlement failed, the sexual harassment lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on August 30th, 2022. The three women who filed suit allege more than a decade of "open, notorious, and frequent" sexual harassment and abuse by a male co-worker at Lowe's.

The Defendant: EEOC v. Lowe's

The defendant in the case, Lowe's, is a nationwide hardware and home improvement giant based out of Mooresville, North Carolina. One of the three women who filed the lawsuit alleging sexual harassment at Lowe's stated that she asked the male co-worker to stop and reported the harassment to her supervisors for ten years. After ten years, the 59-year-old Lowe's customer service employee filed a grievance through Lowe's telephone hotline in 2018. After reporting the on-the-job harassment, the woman went on short-term disability. According to court documents, she could no longer handle the stress and anxiety caused by the daily sexual harassment at work. In response, Lowe's allegedly forced the woman to choose between returning to the office with the same people who harassed her (or failed to protect her from harassment for a decade) or quitting her job.

Details of the Case: EEOC v. Lowe's

The defendant settled the lawsuit on September 16th, 2022. Lowe's will pay the $700,000 settlement and provide other relief to settle the sexual harassment discrimination lawsuit. The additional relief specified in the three-year consent decree required the Lowe's Lake Havasu City location to:

•Revise anti-discrimination policies

•Respond to sexual harassment complaints promptly

•Conduct thorough investigations of any complaints of sexual harassment

•Provide employee training on sexual harassment

•Offer the three women who filed the sexual harassment lawsuit letters of reference

• Provide reports on their revised training, future complaints of discrimination, and revisions to Lowe's policies or procedures to the EEOC

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