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Restaurant Settles EEOC Lawsuit Based on Denying Cook’s No-Sundays Request: 6 Steps for Handling Religious Accommodation Requests

Fisher Phillips on 8/20/2024

A North Carolina restaurant franchisee has agreed to pay $40,000 and take other corrective measures to settle a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC after being accused of denying a cook’s...more

Stopping The Spread Of COVID-19 Hate Crimes In Reopened Restaurants

Fisher Phillips on 10/13/2020

As restaurants continue to reopen out of economic necessity despite a global pandemic, employers and employees alike remain concerned about the possibility of COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace. No longer are bad Yelp...more

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

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/30/2019

Restaurant Refused to Hire Male Applicants for Bartender Positions, Federal Agency Charges - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - R Wings R Wild, LLC, doing business as Buffalo Wild Wings, will pay $30,000 to three claimants who were...more

Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/8/2018

Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

EEOC Sues Golden Corral for Disability, Sexual Harassment and Discharge

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/8/2017

Restaurant Violated Federal Law by Permitting a Hostile Work Environment and Forcing an Autistic Employee to Quit to Escape Harassment, Federal Agency Charges - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Jax, LLC, which operates a Golden Corral...more

Rosebud Restaurants to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/31/2017

Federal Agency Alleged Italian Restaurant Group Refused to Hire African-American Applicants - CHICAGO -- Rosebud Restaurants, Inc. will pay $1.9 million and furnish other relief to settle a class race discrimination...more

HospitalityStaff Sued by EEOC for Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/13/2016

Orlando Staffing Company Fired Rastafarian Employee Because of His Dreadlocks, Federal Agency Charges - ORLANDO, Fla. - An Orlando staffing company dedicated to Central Florida's massive hospitality industry violated...more

EEOC Sues Rotten Ralph’s Restaurant for Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/13/2015

Restaurant Fired Muslim Employee Because of Her Required Religious Garb, Federal Agency Charges - PHILADELPHIA - Rotten Ralph's, a popular Philadelphia restaurant, violated federal law when it refused to allow a server...more

EEOC Not Required to Identify Aggrieved Individual in Title VII Race Discrimination Claim

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 4/14/2015

On April 7, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") is not required to identify an aggrieved individual in order to pursue a race...more

Restaurant Industry Newsletter - April 2013: Help! I just received a Charge of Discrimination from the EEOC. What is it, and what...

FordHarrison on 4/5/2013

If you just received a charge of discrimination from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), you are not alone. During the EEOC's 2012 fiscal year, 99,412 charges of discrimination were filed. ...more

Bojangles’ Franchise Sued by EEOC For Religious Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/5/2013

Charlotte Restaurant Fired Muslim for Not Cutting His Beard, Which His Religion Forbids, Federal Agency Charges - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bo-Cherry, Inc., a North Carolina corporation that operates several Bojangles'...more

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