EEOC Sues Fricker’s Restaurants for Bias Against Male Applicants

The EEOC has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the operators of the Fricker’s restaurant chain in Ohio for allegedly violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the agency said Monday.

Fricker’s allegedly has a policy and practice of hiring only female applicants for server positions and other front-of-house jobs in its restaurants and steering male applicants to kitchen positions, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The agency said it is seeking reinstatement of rejected and deterred qualified male applicants, backpay, compensatory and punitive damages, and injunctive relief from Fricker’s U.S.A. LLC and Fricker’s Holding Company Inc.

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