Plaintiffs, Best Buy Propose to Settle Nationwide Class Action Against Retailer

A group of Best Buy Co. employees and the electronics retailer June 17 submitted to a federal district court in California a proposed settlement of a nationwide class action alleging discrimination against black, Hispanic, and female employees that would pay $200,000 to nine named plaintiffs and require widespread changes to the company’s employment policies (Holloway v. Best Buy Co.).

The proposed four-year consent decree would settle a suit originally filed in 2005 and amended in January 2009, alleging that Best Buy discriminates against black employees in hiring, job assignments, promotions and transfers, and compensation, that the company discriminates ...