Department Store Chain Cut Hours and Fired a High-Performing, Longtime Employee After Discrimination Complaint, Federal Agency Charges
ATLANTA – Dillard’s, Inc., a national department store chain based in Little Rock, Arkansas, violated federal law when it fired a long-tenured, high-achieving employee after she complained of discrimination and asked about a pregnancy accommodation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC’s suit, in February 2020, a longtime African American sales associate in Dillard’s Northpoint Store, informed the new store manager about her pregnancy-related accommodation, which had been granted by her previous manager. The new store manager promptly rescinded the accommodation. A few days later, the store manager, without warning or explanation, transferred the sales associate to another department where she would struggle to maintain her sales numbers. In March 2020, the sales associate complained the transfer was discriminatory based on her race and pregnancy. Dillard’s did not address the complaint and instead reduced the associate’s hours. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the sales associate was furloughed in April 2020 along with several other employees. When Dillard’s began to recall employees, the sales associate was not asked to return to work. In August 2020, the sales associate was fired and was replaced with a lower-performing employee.
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