MENARD'S HIRING PRACTICES INVESTIGATED
Thursday, August 4th, 2005 -- 9:56 AM
Home improvement retailer Menard turned over thousands of documents to investigators who are looking into claims of racial discrimination in the firm's employment practices.Company lawyers showed up in federal court at Madison with seven cardboard boxes filled with records requested by the U-S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The E-E-O-C says it needs the records for its probe of claims by nine minority employees who say the retail chain discriminates in its hiring and promotion practices.
The Eau Claire-based Menard is the nation's third-largest home improvement retail chain, with about 200 stores and 27-thousand employees. An E-E-O-C attorney, Jean Kemp, says the agency hasn't made any determination yet about the merits of the case. The commission went to federal court to get the documents after Menard refused to respond to a subpoena issued in February. U-S District Judge John Shabaz last week gave the company one week to turn over the records. They include information about the company's work force, recruiting policies and management training program.
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