AutoZone Cleared of Race Bias in EEOC Suit Over Transfer

AutoZone Inc. didn’t unlawfully discriminate based on race when it transferred a black sales manager from a store in a predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago to one in a predominantly black area (EEOC v. AutoZone, Inc., 2017 BL 210658, 7th Cir., No. 15-3201, 6/20/17).

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission didn’t show former AutoZone manager Kevin Stuckey experienced an “adverse employment action” because the lateral transfer wouldn’t diminish his wages, benefits, or employment opportunities, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said June 20. It affirmed a district court’s dismissal of the EEOC’s lawsuit under Title VII ...