Adam & Eve, the popular Raleigh-N.C.-based sex toy company, is accused by the EEOC of violating federal sex discrimination laws by refusing to hire male sales associates.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Sept. 12 lawsuit says a man interested in open sales positions at two Adam & Eve stores was told that men were only hired for stocking positions.
The stores subsequently each hired four female sales associates, the EEOC said in the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The stores didn’t hire any of the 32 applications submitted by men, it ...
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