September 27, 2023
AutoZone will pay $150,000 to end a 9-year-old U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming the company's points-based attendance policy unfairly punished employees who needed time off because of their disabilities, the auto parts retailer told an Illinois federal court.
October 03, 2022
A long-running U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging that AutoZone failed to adjust its attendance policy to accommodate employees with disabilities is moving forward after an Illinois federal judge said a jury should decide whether the retailer's points-based attendance policy was legal.
October 26, 2020
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked an Illinois federal court to rule in a long-running suit that a group of AutoZone employees are disabled under federal law and that the company failed to adjust its attendance policy to accommodate them.
November 01, 2019
AutoZone told an Illinois federal court Friday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has no evidence that any disabled employees of the auto parts retailer were fired for accumulating "points" for absences or tardiness linked to their disabilities, despite three years of discovery.
December 15, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday modified an earlier denial of AutoZone Inc.'s request to subpoena employment records of three former workers alleging the parts retailer's discriminatory absence policy got them fired, saying that certain types of documents should be handed over.
May 24, 2016
An Illinois federal judge Tuesday denied AutoZone's request to subpoena the employment records of former workers but ordered the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to turn over additional documentation that supports the disability claims of three workers who argue the retailer's discriminatory absence policy got them fired.
November 03, 2015
Federal courts do not have the power to probe the adequacy of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigations when deciding if the agency is permitted to bring discrimination litigation, an Illinois federal judge said Monday, shooting down AutoZone's attempt to limit nationwide disability discrimination claims against it to three stores.
May 09, 2014
The U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission hit AutoZone Inc. with a lawsuit in Illinois federal court Friday, accusing the auto parts retailer of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by firing employees who took too much time off related to their disabilities.