October 09, 2020
A federal jury in North Carolina has said Joe's Old Fashioned Bar-B-Que Inc. was not responsible for a worker's "explosive outburst" and "racial comments" against a Black female co-worker, handing a loss to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
June 15, 2020
A North Carolina federal judge has pared down a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit claiming a black female former employee of a barbecue restaurant was doused with hot barbecue sauce and called racial epithets by a white co-worker, though part of the case is still moving forward to trial.