A sex discrimination suit, filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), against Buford seafood wholesaler Moon N Sea, alleges that employment was denied female applicants for warehouse positions based on their sex.
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According to the EEOC’s suit…during the application process, female applicants were told the company preferred hiring men for the warehouse positions because men could lift more weight than women. Despite being fully qualified for the positions, female applicants were denied the positions in favor of less qualified male applicants, the EEOC said.
“Title VII prohibits discrimination against an employee because of their sex,” said Marcus G. Keegan, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Atlanta District Office. “An employer cannot make decisions based on discriminatory stereotypes about sex that discredit a woman’s ability to perform manual work.”
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII, which prohibits discrimination based on sex. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. KGI Trading GA, Inc. et. al., Case No. 1:25-cv-05455) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.
Darrell Graham, district director of the EEOC’s Atlanta District Office, said, “Ensuring that workplaces, including those in historically male-dominated industries, are free from sex discrimination remains a top priority for the EEOC.””