EEOC Sues Buffalo Wild Wings for Religious Discrimination

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against BWW Resources, which owns and operates Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants, charging that it refused to hire a job candidate because of her religion, the agency announced Tuesday.

According to the EEOC, a job candidate—who wore long skirts in public due to her religious beliefs—was told by the Douglasville, Ga., location’s general manager that the restaurant was hiring at a social event. However, the manager mocked her religious beliefs by throwing her arms in the air, chanting “na na na,” and asked her if she were Pentecostal.

The EEOC said after ...