SEATTLE (AP) -- Les Schwab Tire Centers has paid $2 million to settle a hiring discrimination suit brought four years ago by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The EEOC says the company denied tire bay jobs to women, and those positions were a prerequisite for moving up the ladder into management.
In a statement Thursday, the EEOC said Les Schwab has also agreed to provide the commission with periodic reports showing it is in compliance with anti-discrimination policies.
Bend, Ore.-based Les Schwab is one of the largest tire and automotive businesses in the West.
