March 24, 2025
Hooters isn't making good on its agreement to shell out $250,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming one of its restaurants refused to rehire Black employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC told a North Carolina federal court.
October 21, 2024
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.
October 01, 2024
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.
August 24, 2023
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.