EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. HOOTERS OF AMERICA, LLC

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:23-cv-00722

Court:

North Carolina Middle

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

CATHERINE C. EAGLES

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  1. October 21, 2024

    Hooters, EEOC Strike Deal To End Post-COVID Rehiring Suit

    Hooters will pay $250,000 to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming it failed to bring back most of its Black employees when it reopened a North Carolina restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a filing in federal court Monday.

  2. October 01, 2024

    EEOC, Hooters Not Taking Bias Suit 'Seriously,' Judge Chides

    Attorneys for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Hooters got a dressing down Tuesday by a federal judge in North Carolina who accused them of dragging their feet and wasting the court's time by asking for deadline extensions without making meaningful progress.

  3. August 24, 2023

    EEOC Says Hooters Mainly Axed Black Workers After COVID

    Hooters failed to bring back most of the Black employees at its Greensboro, North Carolina, restaurant when it reopened after closing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a complaint filed Thursday.