Home Depot settles Discrimination suit for $5.5 Million
/Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) has
agreed to pay $5.5 million to current and former employees in Colorado
to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit. The
lawsuit, brought on behalf of employees in the company's Colorado
stores, alleges a hostile work environment at the Colorado locations
based on gender, race and national origin. It also claims the company
retaliated against employees who complained about discrimination. Both
the suit and the settlement were filed today, Aug. 25, according to
legal documents. If OK'd by a U.S. District Court for the District of
Colorado in Denver, the settlement would involve Home Depot paying $3
million to resolve discrimination claims filed by 38 employees,
according to the EEOC. Those payments range from $5,000 to $215,000. [more 
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