U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Italian restaurants Basta Pasta in Maryland have been sued for sexual harassment and retaliation. According to the federal court
lawsuit filed the by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Maryland restaurants, the owner repeatedly harassed his female workers, some of whom ...
Filing false charges against an employee who filed an overtime lawsuit may subject a New York restaurant group to a claim for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, according to a recent
Decision (PDF) by New York federal court Judge ...
A Bojangles’ restaurant violated the discrimination laws when it failed to accommodate a Muslim employee's religious beliefs and then fired him because of his religion, according to a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
According to the EEOC's
discrimination ...
The world's largest Burger King franchisee, Carols Corporation, will pay $2.5 million and take significant remedial steps to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit alleged discrimination against 89 female employees around the ...
Señor Frog's, a popular chain of Mexican-themed restaurants and bars, violated federal law by allowing the rampant sexual harassment of its female employees in Honolulu by high-level officials including the company owner, according to a
lawsuit filed by the U.S. ...
Bayou City Wings, a Baytown, Texas-based restaurant chain, violated federal law when its managers laid off pregnant employees under a discriminatory policy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in a
lawsuit it filed on September 26, 2012.
According to the EEOC's ...
The owner and franchisee of 25 McDonald’s restaurants has agreed to pay $1,000,000 and provide substantial injunctive relief to resolve a class sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Missoula Mac violated federal ...
Five New York City locations of the East Japanese Restaurant have agreed to pay $1.25 million dollars to approximately 225 current and former waiters, runners, and bussers to settle a wage and hour lawsuit that alleged tip credit, minimum wage, overtime, and ...
A race discrimination lawsuit against a Panera Bread restaurant franchise in Pennsylvania will be settled, according to a Class Action Settlement Agreement filed in U.S. District Court on July 27, 2012.
The original complaint filed by Guy M. Vines, alleged that the fast ...
A race discrimination lawsuit filed against Sparx, a Menomonie, Wisconsin restaurant, accuses restaurant managers of posting racist imagery and then firing an African-American employee after he complained.
According to a
lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), Dion Miller arrived for his regularly scheduled ...
Hurricane Grill and Wings restaurant in Royal Palm Beach, Florida will pay $200,000 to settle a class sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of the restaurant’s waitresses, according to a
Consent Decree ...
A deaf prep cook was harassed and demoted by a McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant because of his disability and as a retaliation for his complaints about his mistreatment, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in ...
Texas Roadhouse restaurants have been discriminating against applicants for “front of the house” positions such as servers, hosts, and bartenders, by failing to hire them because of their age, according to a
lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of ...
A lawsuit alleging that an Applebee’s restaurant in Bismarck, North Dakota permitted its restaurant general manager to create a pattern and practice of sexual harassment and retaliation against employees was resolved by a consent decree approved by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on ...
A discrimination lawsuit against a Panda Express restaurant in San Jose, California alleges that Hispanic/Mexican workers were required to clean the bathrooms while Asian workers looked on. The
complaint, which was filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the United States ...
A Bojangles’ restaurant in Greensboro, North Carolina has been accused by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of allowing a manager to sexually harass female employees and unlawfully firing one of them for complaining about the harassment.
According to the EEOC’s
Complaint, from mid-2008 ...
A Taco Bell restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina was sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) for terminating an employee who refused to cut his hair because of his Nazirite religious beliefs.
According to the EEOC’s
lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District ...
The Hurricane Grill & Wings restaurant failed to protect its waitresses from a customer who repeatedly sexually harassed them, according to a lawsuit filed on July 5, 2011 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”).
The EEOC’s
complaint, filed in the ...
A nationwide class action lawsuit alleging disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was settled on June 20, 2011 for $1.3 million. The case had been filed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) on behalf of disabled employees at ...
The world's largest Burger King franchisee, Carols Corporation, will pay $2.5 million and take significant remedial steps to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit alleged discrimination against 89 female employees around the ...
Señor Frog's, a popular chain of Mexican-themed restaurants and bars, violated federal law by allowing the rampant sexual harassment of its female employees in Honolulu by high-level officials including the company owner, according to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. ...
Five New York City locations of the East Japanese Restaurant have agreed to pay $1.25 million dollars to approximately 225 current and former waiters, runners, and bussers to settle a wage and hour lawsuit that alleged tip credit, minimum wage, overtime, and ...
Hurricane Grill and Wings restaurant in Royal Palm Beach, Florida will pay $200,000 to settle a class sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of the restaurant’s waitresses, according to a Consent Decree ...
Texas Roadhouse restaurants have been discriminating against applicants for “front of the house” positions such as servers, hosts, and bartenders, by failing to hire them because of their age, according to a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of ...
A lawsuit alleging that an Applebee’s restaurant in Bismarck, North Dakota permitted its restaurant general manager to create a pattern and practice of sexual harassment and retaliation against employees was resolved by a consent decree approved by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on ...
A Taco Bell restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina was sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) for terminating an employee who refused to cut his hair because of his Nazirite religious beliefs.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District ...
The Hurricane Grill & Wings restaurant failed to protect its waitresses from a customer who repeatedly sexually harassed them, according to a lawsuit filed on July 5, 2011 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”).
The EEOC’s complaint, filed in the ...
A nationwide class action lawsuit alleging disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was settled on June 20, 2011 for $1.3 million. The case had been filed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) on behalf of disabled employees at ...