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R Wings R Wild / Buffalo Wild Wings Settles Sex Discrimination Suit With EEOC for $30,000

R Wings R Wild, LLC, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings, will pay $30,000 to three claimants who were denied jobs in Little Rock, Ark. and Del City, Okla., because they are male, as part of the settlement of a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commis­sion (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
January 29, 2019

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Draper Development LLC to Pay $80,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

Draper Development LLC, the owner-operator of over a dozen Subway franchises in the Albany and Schenectady area, will pay $80,000 and take other steps to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
December 11, 2018

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EECO Sues 40 Steak & Seafood for Pregnancy Discrimination

40 Steak & Seafood, a Bismarck, N.D., restaurant, violated federal law by firing a server because she was pregnant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
December 11, 2018

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GB Flowood Operations to Pay $25,000 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit

GB Flowood Operations, LLC, which operates a Flowood, Miss., restaurant under the name "Georgia Blue," will pay a former employee $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
November 7, 2018

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EEOC Sues Lancaster's BBQ & Wings for Racial Harassment And Constructive Discharge

Joe's Old Fashioned Bar-B-Que, Inc., doing business as Lancaster's BBQ & Wings, a North Carolina corporation, violated federal law when it subjected a black employee to a racially hostile work environment at the company's Mooresville, N.C., barbeque restaurant, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
November 7, 2018

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El Vallarta Restaurant Sued for Sexual Harassment

El Vallarta, a Nebraska restaurant, violated Title VII when it allowed a supervisor and other workers to sexually harass a teenage female employee, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
November 1, 2018

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Rosebud Restaurants To Pay $160,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment And Retaliation Lawsuit

Rosebud Restaurants, Inc. will pay $160,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC's lawsuit charged Rosebud, which owns approximately nine Italian restaurants in the Chicagoland area, with violating federal civil rights laws when it subjected two women to sexual harassment, and fired one of the women after she complained about the harassment and objected to employees referring to African-Americans by racial slurs.
October 15, 2018

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EEOC Sues Daisy Dukes & Boots Saloon For  Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

NAKI Corporation, d/b/a Daisy Dukes & Boots Saloon ("Daisy Dukes"), a country western dance bar and restaurant located in Chesterfield, Virginia,, violated federal law when it subjected female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, forcing them to resign, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on Friday, Sept 28 the agency announced today.
October 2, 2018

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The Krystal Company Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

The Krystal Company, the owner and operator of a quick-serve hamburger restaurant chain headquartered in Dunwoody, Georgia, unlawfully discriminated against an employee when it refused to accommodate her disability and fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today in Atlanta, Georgia.
September 28, 2018

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EEOC Sues Christini's Ristorante Italiano For Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

Christini's, Inc., d/b/a Christini's Ristorante Italiano ("Christini's"), an Italian restaurant located in Orlando's famous "Restaurant Row," violated federal law when it subjected a female bartender to sexual harassment and then fired her for opposing the misconduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") announced in a lawsuit filed today.
September 27, 2018

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Mariscos Altata To Pay $220,000 To Settle EEOC Sexual  And Age-Based Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

Phoenix restaurant Francisco Fine Foods LLC, doing business as Mariscos Altata, agreed to pay $220,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged the restaurant with severe sexual harassment, age discrimination, and retaliation against a group of women.
September 21, 2018

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EEOC Sues Del Taco for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

Regional fast food chain Del Taco violated federal law when at least three male employees, including those in supervisory roles, sexually harassed and retaliated against a group of young female workers at a Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Del Taco, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in a lawsuit filed today.
September 17, 2018

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Golden Corral Sued by EEOC For  Disability Discrimination

A Golden Corral restaurant franchisee located in Augusta, Ga., violated federal law when it unlawfully fired a server with epilepsy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
September 6, 2018

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EEOC Sues Burgers & Beer for Sex Discrimination

Burgers & Beer, a chain of Southern California restaurants, violated federal law when it denied males with the same employment opportunities as their female counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced in lawsuit filed today.
August 30, 2018

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Rocco's Pub Sued by EEOC For  Pregnancy Discrimination

Rocco's Pub, a Jasper, Ga., restaurant and bar operated by Ciorrocco's, Inc., unlawfully discriminated against a bartender because of her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it recently filed in Atlanta.
August 15, 2018

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Ojos Locos Sports Cantina Sued by EEOC For Sexual Harassment And Retaliation

The owner/operators of Ojos Locos Sports Cantina in Albuquerque violated federal law by subjecting a group of female employees to sexual harassment while they were working at the Latin-themed sports cantina, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed yesterday.
August 9, 2018