Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2006
Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2011
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In September 2006, the Charlotte District Office and Raleigh Area Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Henrendon Furniture Industries, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, alleging discrimination on the basis of race, African-American, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged the defendant subjected the complaining parties to a racially hostile work environment. Following some discovery, the parties settled the lawsuit in January 2008 through a consent decree.The three-year decree, containing anti-discrimination and retaliation language, required the defendant to: report complaints and make other compliance reports, allow the EEOC access for monitoring, expunge the complainants' employment records and provide references, post and distribute notice of employee rights, provide employee training, revise its harassment policy, and pay $465,000 to seven individuals. The docket sheet does not show any further enforcement; the case was presumably closed in 2011.
Summary Authors
Daisy Manning (5/8/2008)
Clearinghouse (6/10/2017)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12468946/parties/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-henredon-furniture-industries/
Beaty, James A. (North Carolina)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/12468946/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-henredon-furniture-industries/
Last updated March 21, 2026, 4:55 a.m.
State / Territory:
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 6, 2006
Closing Date: Jan. 23, 2011
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on behalf of one or more workers.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Private Entity/Person
Henrendon Furniture Industries, Inc.
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Other Dockets:
Middle District of North Carolina 1:06-cv-00744
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff OR Mixed
Relief Granted:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Amount Defendant Pays: 465000
Order Duration: 2008 - 2011
Issues
Discrimination Area:
Harassment / Hostile Work Environment
Discrimination Basis:
Affected Race(s):
EEOC-centric:
Case Summary of EEOC v. Henredon Furniture Industries, Inc., Civil Rights Litig. Clearinghouse, https://clearinghouse.net/case/7934/ (last updated 6/10/2017).