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Labor/Employment

May 11, 2013

Discrimination case nets $7.5 million settlement

A group of black retail workers agreed to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit against their former employer, Wet Seal Inc., for $7.5 million in a proposed agreement filed late Wednesday.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A group of black retail workers agreed to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit against their former employer, Wet Seal Inc., for $7.5 million in a proposed agreement filed late Wednesday. The settlement ends five months of negotiation with attorneys and a new chief executive at the Orange County-based clothing retailer and creates a plan for broad changes to the company's hiring, promotion and ter...

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