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Agreement Reached in Criminal History Screening Case
Sep 8, 2020/Press Release
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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Macy’s Background Checks Unfairly Hit Minorities, Suit Says
Jun 27, 2019/News Items
Macy’s policy of firing recent hires over criminal convictions that come up in undisclosed background checks has an unlawfully disproportionate impact on minority workers, according to a proposed class action filed in Manhattan federal court. The retail giant’s screening policies have been used to deny jobs to countless black and Latino employees who are more …
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Macy’s discriminates against black and Latino job candidates by considering minor convictions, suit says
Jun 27, 2019/News Items
Jenetta Rolfer, who is black, alleges that she was fired from Macy’s over a decade-old misdemeanor conviction for not having proof of auto insurance. Macy’s discriminates against black and Latino people by firing or refusing to hire people who have past criminal convictions, even if the violations were minor, old or wouldn’t impede an employee’s …
Macy’s wrongly fires employees over minor convictions: suit
Jun 26, 2019/News Items
Macy’s unfairly treats old, minor convictions as reasons to deny jobs to potential employees of color, a new lawsuit charges. Jenetta Rolfer says in her suit filed Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court that she signed a Macy’s job offer last year to work in its credit granting department. The company then contacted her about the …
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