Texas Hair Styling College Settles Discrimination Lawsuit

Dallas Barber and Stylist College, Inc., which operates multiple barber and hair styling locations and instructional campuses in the Dallas metropolitan area, will pay significant monetary damages and provide other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC’s suit charged that Dallas Barber rejected an applicant because of her pregnancy. The agency claimed that after the applicant satisfied the company’s skills test for the hair braider position she sought, the company’s owner learned that she was pregnant and rejected her. The owner allegedly told the applicant that the company already had one pregnant employee, did not want another, and did not want to deal with her “condition,” referring to her pregnancy. The alleged conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, which prohibits discrimination because of sex, including sex discrimination based on pregnancy. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Dallas Barber & Stylist College, Incorporated, Case No. 3:24-cv-02296-S) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process. Source: EEOC Topics Lawsuits Texas Education Universities Was this article valuable? Thank you! Please tell us what we can do to improve this article. Thank you! % of people found this article valuable. Please tell us what you liked about it. Here are more articles you may enjoy.