Rent-To-Own Furniture Chain Settles Race Harassment Claims For $425,000

Mealey's (June 7, 2019, 2:41 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A nationwide chain of rent-to-own furniture stores will pay $425,000 and provide other relief to end a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pursuant to a consent decree approved by a federal judge in New York and filed on June 4 (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al. v. Aaron’s, Inc., No. 17-7273, E.D. N.Y.)....