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Home Depot Battles Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over Gender Case.(Originated from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 1997 by Yardley, Jim
NEW ORLEANS--May 23--A U.S. magistrate judge in New Orleans on Wednesday asked lawyers for Home Depot and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to submit written briefs within seven days before he rules whether a gender discrimination lawsuit filed against the retailer can be broadened into a class-action case.
During a brief hearing on the EEOC's motion to intervene in the case, Magistrate Ivan L.R. Lemelle peppered both sides with questions, though he seemed more skeptical toward EEOC lawyers.
The 1995 lawsuit was filed by four female employees of Atlanta-based Home Depot in Louisiana who claimed that a "glass ceiling" existed at the company. The EEOC is seeking class-action status to include operations in 18 states east of the...
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