The Fortune Society, Inc. (“Fortune”), a nonprofit community-based organization that supports successful community reentry for people with prior criminal justice involvement, and Macy’s, Inc. (“Macy’s”), have reached an agreement in The Fortune Society, Inc. v. Macy’s, Inc., a case brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Chance Act (“FCA”) …
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The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP (O&G), and Youth Represent (YR) filed a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York against Macy’s, Inc. (Macy’s), challenging its use of an unnecessarily punitive criminal history screening policy. According to the lawsuit, the policy disproportionately …
Outten & Golden LLP filed an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) charge on May 15, 2017 on behalf of The Fortune Society against Macy’s, Inc., alleging that the retailer’s criminal background check policies and practices used to screen job applicants results in discrimination in violation of federal and local laws. Macy’s, Inc. owns and operates more than 800 …
