A group of women looking for steady warehouse work in Buford, Georgia say they ran into the same blunt message during the hiring process: the company wanted men for the job because men could lift more. The allegation didn’t stay a private frustration for long—it escalated into a federal lawsuit and ended with a six-figure payout and a court-enforced compliance plan.
In a settlement announced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Moon N Sea GA, LLC—formerly known as KGI Trading GA, Inc.—and related business partners agreed to pay $265,000 and take additional steps after the EEOC accused the seafood wholesaler of refusing to hire women for warehouse associate roles. The agency laid out the resolution in the source post.
The hiring conversations that allegedly shut women out
The EEOC says the pattern goes back to at least July 2022 at KGI Trading’s Buford facility. Over that period, a class of at least 19 women applied for warehouse associate positions, but were passed over because they were female.
What made the allegations especially direct is the way the agency describes the hiring talk itself. Female applicants were told the company preferred hiring men for warehouse jobs because men could lift more weight than women…