article: In August 2005, the Chicago District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against H and M International Transportation, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging that the defendant discriminated against the two charging parties and a group of similarly situated female employees in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by subjecting them to sexual harassment. In October 2005, one of the charging parties intervened in the suit. A few weeks later in early November, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss. The second charging party intervened in the suit in mid November. The defendant's motion to dismiss was denied in January 2006. After some discovery disputes, one of the charging parties was voluntarily dismissed from the case in late June 2006. Thereafter, the parties participated in a settlement conference in October 2006, resulting in a tentative settlement. The parties entered into a final agreement in November 2006 through a consent decree. The two-year decree, containing non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, required the defendant to: revise and distribute its sexual harassment policy, post a notice of employee rights, provide Title VII training for all its employees, retain relevant records, report to the EEOC at specified intervals, and pay $150,000. The only additional activity that shows up in the docket is the notice to employees that the defendants were required to post as part of the consent decree. Since there appears to be no additional enforcement activity, it is presumed the case closed in November 2008.
summary: In August 2005, the Chicago District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against H and M International Transportation, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois alleging Title VII violations. The parties entered into a final agreement in November 2006 through a consent decree, set to last two years. Since there appears to be no additional enforcement activity, it is presumed the case closed in November 2008.