​Title VII—Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies—What Constitutes a “Charge.”

Title VII—Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies—What Constitutes a “Charge.” Gonzales v. Pan American Laboratories, LLC, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173899 (N.D. Tex. 2017). The plaintiff’s submission of a signed intake questionnaire and narrative to the EEOC did not satisfy the requirement of a verified charge of discrimination. Amon other things, the employer did not receive notice of the intake questionnaire and narrative or of the contents of the allegations of discrimination within the time required for the filing of a charge.