Corporate Officials Instructed Managers to Make Employment Decisions Based on Race
(New York, NY) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a Determination that Wet Seal, Inc., a national women’s clothing retailer, racially discriminated against a former store manager, Nicole Cogdell. Cogdell is lead plaintiff in a pending national race discrimination class action against Wet Seal. Cogdell v. The Wet Seal, Inc., (C.D. Cal. SACV12-01138). The suit alleges Wet Seal had a corporate policy of discriminating against its African-American store managers in pay, promotions and termination. The Determination, issued on November 29, 2012 and made public today, after a three-year investigation, includes the following findings:
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