Press call advisory on Seasons 52 $2.85 million settlement with EEOC
CONTACT:
Kimberly Smith-Brown
202-663-4191
newsroom@eeoc.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 3, 2018
**Press Call
Advisory**
NATIONAL
RESTAURANT CHAIN TO PAY $2.85 MILLION TO SETTLE CHARGES OF BIAS AGAINST OLDER
WORKERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – EEOC representatives will host a press
call to discuss today’s settlement agreement with Seasons 52, a national restaurant
chain within the Darden family of restaurants. Seasons 52 will pay $2.85
million to settle a class age discrimination case spanning 35 restaurants
nationwide.
The EEOC’s lawsuit sought relief for the applicants, age 40
and older, that had been denied front-of-the-house
and back-of-the-house positions at Seasons 52 restaurants around the
country.
Age discrimination
in employment is a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA).
WHO: Robert
E. Weisberg, Regional Attorney, EEOC Miami District Office
Kimberly Cruz,
Supervisory Trial Attorney, EEOC Miami
District Office
Kristen Foslid, Lead
Trial Attorney, EEOC Miami District Office
Ana C. Martinez, Lead
Trial Attorney, EEOC Miami District Office
Daniel L. Seltzer,
Lead Trial Attorney, EEOC Miami District Office
WHAT:
Press conference call to
announce the Consent Decree entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District
of Florida.
Q&A on the case and the
Decree.
WHEN: Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 2 p.m.
ET
CALL-IN INFORMATION: 888-282-0367, passcode 7960792
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