Burgers & Beers Sex Discrimination Lawsuit Settled for $150,000

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A Southern California food chain known as Burgers & Beer agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit. The company is based out of El Centro, California, and allegedly denied server positions to men.  

Disqualifying Male Applicants and Employees from Server Positions:

According to the lawsuit filed against Burgers & Beer, the So Cal food chain denied all male applicants and current employees access to server positions. The men were refused the job based solely on their sex. The lawsuit also claims that the denial of server positions to any men interested in the job was an ongoing standard practice at the food chain since 2015. The standard practice resulted in the current, almost all-female serving crew.

The denial of a position based solely on the sex of the applicant violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on sex for hiring or promotions. The EEOC attempted to reach a pre-litigation settlement with the Defendant through its conciliation process. When this wasn’t possible, they filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

What Terms Are Included in the Settlement?

The two-year consent decree settling the lawsuit includes:

  • A monetary settlement

  • Injunctive relief to prevent future workplace sex discrimination

  • Revision of the company’s job descriptions for all positions

  • Creation of a plan to purposefully increase the number of male applicants for server positions

  • A hiring and retention rate goal for men in server positions

  • A review and revision of company discrimination policies

  • Providing discrimination training to all employees

  • Required record-keeping to demonstrate compliance with all elements of the settlement agreement

The two-year consent decree settling the suit remains under the court’s jurisdiction for the full term of the order.

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