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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Darden Restaurants, Inc. et al

  1. May 02, 2018

    Seasons 52, EEOC Reach $3M Deal To End Age Bias Case

    Darden Restaurant Inc.'s Seasons 52 has agreed to pay nearly $3 million and take additional measures to eliminate age bias at its restaurants to end a Florida federal court suit by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging the restaurant chain discriminates against job applicants older than 40.

  2. November 02, 2017

    EEOC Is Told Jury Can Hear Of Destroyed Darden Chain Docs

    A Florida federal judge said Wednesday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can present evidence to a jury in an age discrimination suit that a Darden Restaurants Inc. chain destroyed documents showing it willfully violated federal employment law, as long as it can prove the spoliation was intentional.

  3. October 30, 2017

    EEOC Again Pushes For Change In Age Bias Trial's Scope

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday reiterated its request to allow a jury hearing an age discrimination suit against a Darden Restaurant Inc. restaurant chain to decide whether the employer willfully violated federal employment law, arguing that it has obtained new evidence allegedly showing managers hired on the basis of age.

  4. October 23, 2017

    Darden Chain Says EEOC Can't Change Age-Bias Trial's Scope

    Darden Restaurant Inc.'s Seasons 52 restaurant chain on Friday urged a Florida federal judge not to broaden the scope of the first stage of a trial in an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission age discrimination suit against it, saying the EEOC's request for a change offers no compelling grounds.

  5. October 04, 2017

    EEOC Fights To Keep Expert Witness In Darden Unit Bias Suit

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fired back at a challenge Wednesday to its expert witness in an age discrimination suit against Darden Restaurant Inc.'s Seasons 52 restaurant chain, arguing that the witness' statistical analysis met the court's standard for expert testimony.

  6. September 20, 2017

    EEOC, Darden Unit Trade Barbs About Sanctions In Bias Row

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Florida federal magistrate judge Tuesday that he can still sanction a Darden Restaurants Inc. subsidiary should he find that documents sought in an age discrimination suit regarding the Seasons 52 restaurant chain weren't destroyed in bad faith, while the company said doing so would flout precedent.

  7. September 01, 2017

    EEOC, Darden Must Brief Bad Faith Role In Sanctions Bid

    A Florida federal judge on Friday directed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Darden Restaurants Inc. to brief him on the significance if he finds that company documents the agency sought in an age discrimination suit concerning the Seasons 52 chain were not destroyed in bad faith.

  8. August 25, 2017

    EEOC Pushes Sanctions, Says Restaurant Shredded Docs

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a Florida federal judge that the agency had shown a Darden Restaurants chain destroyed hiring data needed in an age discrimination case, fighting the company's assertion that an EEOC sanction bid was an attempt to win the suit without evidence.

  9. August 07, 2017

    Seasons 52 Age Bias Proven By Statistics, EEOC Says

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission urged a Florida federal judge Friday to deny grill and wine bar chain Seasons 52's attempt to end a suit alleging the company discriminates against workers over the age of 40, arguing statistical and anecdotal evidence shows a pattern of discrimination. 

  10. August 03, 2017

    Seasons 52 Destroyed Proof Of Age Bias, EEOC Says

    The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday urged a Florida federal judge presiding in an age discrimination suit to sanction the company that employs workers at the Seasons 52 grill-and-wine-bar chain for allegedly destroying paper applications and interview booklets used for new restaurant openings.

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