Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Shortly after that admission — and a $15 million award by a jury — Enterprise issued a statement in which the company noted its regret over the deaths but also indicated it might not immediately carry out recalls it did not consider major safety problems.

ROAD Forward appears to the the foundation’s largest and broadest giving initiative. Established in 2020, the program aims to “advance social equity by focusing on closing gaps in three areas–early childhood development, youth health & wellness and career & college preparation.”

OVERVIEW: The Charitable arm of Enterprise Holdings, the Enterprise Mobility Foundation, awards grants to groups working in human service, youth, education, community development, conservation, veterans and more.

PROFILE: The Enterprise Mobility Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Enterprise Mobility, the family-owned company behind Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo. It was established in 1982 by company founder Jack Taylor and has contributed more than half a billion dollars to nonprofit organizations since its inception. The foundation now uses the Enterprise Mobility name publicly, although its tax filings continue to appear under the legal name Enterprise Holdings Foundation, EIN 43-1262762. Enterprise was established in 1957 by the late Jack C. Taylor, and the company is still privately owned and steered by members of the Taylor family.

BALTIMORE – Enterprise RAC Company of Baltimore, LLC, a subsidiary of one of the world’s largest vehicle rental companies and a federal contractor, is discriminating against African-American applicants pursuing entry-level management trainee positions, the U.S. Department of Labor alleges in a lawsuit filed recently.

In 2019, Enterprise Rent-A-Car of Baltimore was ordered to pay $6.6 million in back wages and benefits to resolve a Department of Labor charge that 2,336 Black candidates were passed over for the company’s management trainee program between 2007 and 2018.

The ALJ found that the Linthicum, Maryland-based federal contractor had engaged in a pattern and practice of discriminating against African-American applicants for these entry-level management jobs in the Baltimore area over a ten-year period.

Grants for hunger and food insecurity account for a significant portion of EMF’s giving. The foundation’s Fill Your Tank initiative was launched in 2016 to address food insecurity around the wold, prioritizing areas where Enterprise operates businesses.

The Florida arm of Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been accused by the federal government of excluding older workers from its management training program.

The EEOC alleged Enterprise has a pattern of intentional age discrimination by under-hiring applicants over the age of 40 for its management trainee positions in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

In its lawsuit, the EEOC charged that Enterprise failed to hire candidates aged 40 or older for its management trainee position from at least 2019 to the present. While approximately 15% of the applications the company received for the position were submitted by applicants age 40 or above, these workers represented less than 3% of all hires. The EEOC identified over 125 witnesses who could testify that they were asked their age or graduation year during the interview process; were told by company hiring officials that most candidates were fresh out of college; were discouraged from pursuing the position; or were subjected to other age-related comments.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Florida branch faces an age discrimination lawsuit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The suit accuses the company of regularly passing over management trainee applicants ages 40 and over. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)

Emails obtained by Reason via open records requests show how lobbyists for Enterprise helped shape public policy at a major airport near Washington, D.C., by calling upon existing relationships with airport officials, state lawmakers, and even Maryland's Secretary of Transportation. The emails reveal both how thoroughly Enterprise and its lobbyists are connected in local politics and how aggressively the rental giant has sought to use its accumulated political muscle to crush an upstart.

The first time New Hampshire State Rep. Sherman Packard (R–Rockingham) heard of the car-sharing startup Turo, it was from a lobbyist.

In October, the state Department of Transportation's Maryland Aviation Administration ordered Turo to cease and desist operations at Baltimore–Washington International airport, remove "BWI" from the list of airports at which Turo provides service, and block potential customers from being able to search for vehicles for pick-up at the airport. A FedEx receipt obtained via public records request reveals that a copy of the cease-and-desist letter was forwarded from the state agency to an attorney at Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC, a Maryland law firm that represents Enterprise.

Though the auto rental service has trumpeted tree-planting initiatives and its fleet of hybrid vehicles, the Guardian has learned that Enterprise recently became a paying member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), the business consortium that sends legislators prefabricated drafts of laws tailored to obscure scientific discovery that might damage its members’ revenues, and help those members avoid environmental regulations.

“In January, we found out that Enterprise has leased more than 1,000 cars to ICE agents. That was something that came out from an employee,” Goodwin-Rice said.

"Enterprise is renting cars to ICE agents and profiting from the violence that agents are bringing to our communities," Minnesota organizers associated with the Sunrise Movement, a progressive climate and social justice advocacy group, posted on social media. The post asked protestors to "please be polite to employees when you contact them."

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In 2015, the company’s Los Angeles branch agreed to pay $425,000 to settle an EEOC lawsuit charging that the company failed to hire anyone over 40 between 2008 and 2011.

The charges made to the EEOC alleged that job applicants over the age of 40 were passed over for hire into management trainee positions at the company's Burbank, Calif. location between 2008 and 2011 due to their age. An EEOC investigation determined that ten job applicants over 40 were ultimately denied hire in favor of less qualified, younger applicants, a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The company asserts that the ten job applicants in question were denied hire because their qualifications were inadequate and denies that its Burbank office did anything wrong. However, the company agreed to this settlement, in order to avoid the time, effort and expense associated with further proceedings. The EEOC found that there were no applicants over 40 years of age hired into the management trainee position at the company's Burbank office during the three-year period. The EEOC also determined that the company's Burbank office failed to adequately maintain application records pursuant to federal law.

Several hours later, Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of three rental car brands, Enterprise, Alamo and National, said it was ending a discount program for N.R.A. members.

Enterprise Holdings, Hertz, and Avis Budget Group, three of the world's largest car-rental companies, said they will end key partnerships with the National Rifle Association.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car says it's ending discounts for National Rifle Association members.

In 2002, the Florida branch settled an EEOC lawsuit filed in 2000 on behalf of a Black worker who claimed the company refused to promote him because of his race. The settlement called for the company to revamp its promotion practices and file reports to the EEOC every six months for three years.

Note that Enterprise’s automobile rental businesses have waived fees to evacuees who need one way transportation to safety during emergency situations.

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with EAN Holdings, LLC, the operator of Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Truck in Hilo, Hawaii, to resolve a claim of violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Since February 2017, EAN has operated illegal, pollution-causing large capacity cesspools (LCC) serving its check-in site for car and truck rentals. Use of an LCC is a violation of federal regulations.

Grantmaking for Disaster Relief is mostly channeled to the American Red Cross.

EMF’s environmental giving is mainly conducted through two signature partnerships.

The Division initiated the investigation of Consumer Fraud Act violations by Enterprise in response to consumer complaints alleging, among other things, that the car rental company failed to give New Jersey consumers an opportunity to fully inspect vehicles for pre-existing damage, misrepresented that consumers would not be liable for prior damage but later billed them for such damage, and billed consumers for damage to rental vehicles that did not occur during the rental period.

Following this, Enterprise Rent-A-Car conducted an internal investigation which found Saleem had accessed a number of records containing personal data during the offending period in 2019. He was dismissed for gross misconduct shortly thereafter. The number of records considered to have been unlawfully accessed was at least 213.

The foundation names Veteran and Military Families as an area of priority and mainly partners with the Fisher House Foundation, a national organization that “no-cost housing for military and veteran families while a loved one is in the hospital.”

When we learned of this situation, we took immediate action by contacting law enforcement and identifying customers who may have been affected. Letters were sent to those customers making them aware and offering credit monitoring. We apologize if any affected customers were missed in this communication, but if so, they can reach to our local administration in Atlanta for further guidance. The safety and privacy of our customers is an important priority for us and we want to ensure our customers know we will do whatever we can to assist with this matter.

The foundation does not name animal welfare as an area of priority, but recent giving has supported several animal rescue and pet adoption organizations.