Estee Lauder Will Pay $1.1M To Settle EEOC Parental Leave Class Suit

(August 2, 2018, 10:50 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania federal judge on July 17 approved a $1.1 million settlement between Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that will end a class complaint accusing the makeup company of gender discrimination by providing new mothers with more paid leave than new fathers (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., No. 17-3897, E.D. Pa.)....