UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. WHATABURGER RESTAURANTS LLC

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Case Number:

4:17-cv-00428

Court:

Florida Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

WILLIAM STAFFORD

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  1. April 27, 2020

    Whataburger Inks $180K Deal To End Hiring Policy Suit

    Whataburger Restaurants LLC has agreed to pay $180,000 as part of a deal completed Monday that ends a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing the fast-food chain of retaliating against an employee who refused to comply with a directive to hire white job applicants.

  2. February 21, 2020

    Whataburger Fights EEOC Sanctions Bid In Hiring Policy Suit

    Whataburger Restaurants LLC hit back Friday at a sanctions request by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a suit accusing the fast-food chain of retaliating against an employee who refused to comply with a directive to hire white job applicants, denying that it withheld relevant discovery documents.

  3. February 10, 2020

    EEOC Says Whataburger Hid Docs In Fight Over Hiring Policy

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked for sanctions against Whataburger Restaurants LLC for allegedly withholding relevant documents until after discovery closed in a suit accusing the fast-food chain of retaliating against an employee who refused to comply with a directive to hire white job applicants.

  4. July 19, 2019

    Whataburger Urges Fla. Court To Drop EEOC Bias Suit

    Whataburger has asked a Florida federal district court to toss a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing the fast food chain of forcing an employee to quit after she refused to comply with a racially discriminatory directive to hire white job applicants.

  5. September 25, 2017

    Whataburger Slapped With EEOC Suit Over Biased Hiring

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court Friday against Whataburger Restaurants LLC accusing it of allegedly forcing an employee to quit after she refused to participate in Whataburger’s racially discriminatory hiring directive to hire only white job applicants.

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