In September 2011, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against Goodwill Industries for alleged retaliation. According to the EEOC, Goodwill fired a 13-year employee following her testimony—adverse to the company—in another employee's sex and age bias action. In addition to the $100K payment to the employee, Goodwill is entering into a consent decree that provides for injunctive relief including employee training, revision and distribution of anti-discrimination policies and certain employee notifications.
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