Motel Franchisor Will Pay $50,000 To Settle EEOC’s Pregnancy Bias Suit

Mealey's (July 6, 2018, 12:29 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge on July 3 signed off on a consent decree between franchisor G6 Hospitality LLC, doing business as Motel 6, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under which the company will pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging it unlawfully placed an employee on leave solely because she was pregnant (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. G6 Hospitality, LLC, No. 16-14330, E.D. La.)....