The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged by the Congress to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 filed a lawsuit on behalf of female employees working at a Dollar General store in Arkansas. The store manager who had been relocated that store perpetrated the alleged sexual harassment with several women at the store by asking for sexual favors. One female employee reported the behavior to the corporate hotline and the assistant manager but the corporate office failed to take proper remedial action to stop the harassment. The EEOC filed a cause of action on behalf of the female employees after Dollar General failed to settle the matter during the conciliation phase which permits charging party and employer to resolve issues amicably. Presumably after written discovery or depositions, Dollar General agreed to settle the matter through an 18 month long consent decree. The company is to pay over $27,000 among other relief sought in the lawsuit. The company must provide sexual harassment and retaliation training to all managers and assistant managers. Furthermore, each report of sexual harassment from that district if Arkansas must be reported to the EEOC and assistant managers must report to upper management.
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/2-4-14.cfm