EEOC Sues Coca-Cola Distributor for Excluding Men from Retreat

A distributor for The Coca-Cola Co. in New Hampshire discriminated against male employees by organizing an women-only corporate retreat to a Connecticut casino, the EEOC said in a new lawsuit.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accuses the company of violating Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by “denying male employees the same compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment offered and provided to female employees,” according to the complaint filed Feb. 17 in the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

“Excluding men from an employer-sponsored event is a Title VII violation that the EEOC ...