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Kickback Jack’s to Pay $1.1 Million for Refusing to Hire Men

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Battleground Restaurants, Inc. and Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc., two North Carolina-based corporations doing business as Kickback Jack’s restaurants, will pay $1,111,300 to a class of male applicants and furnish other relief to settle a sex-based hiring discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, Kickback Jack’s restaurants systematically refused or failed to hire male applicants for non-managerial front-of-house positions, including

February 4, 2026

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Male Job Seekers Not Hired by Kickback Jack’s Restaurants May Have Suffered Discrimination, EEOC Says

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is inviting male job applicants who were not hired by Kickback Jack’s restaurants in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to contact the federal agency for possible inclusion in a sex discrimination case, the federal agency announced today.

On Sept. 25, 2024, the EEOC filed a lawsuit in federal court in Greensboro, N.C. against Battleground Restaurants, Inc., and Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc., doing business as Kickback

April 3, 2025

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Kickback Jack’s Sued by EEOC for Failing to Hire Males for Front-of-House Positions

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Battleground Restaurants, Inc., and Battleground Restaurant Group, Inc., North Carolina-based corporations that operate Kickback Jack’s restaurants, violated federal law when they refused to hire male applicants for non-managerial front of house positions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, Battleground had, and continues to have, a policy or practice of intentionally failing to hire male applicants for front-of-house positions because of their

September 25, 2024

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Hooters of Louisiana to Pay $650,000 to Resolve EEOC Race and Retaliation Lawsuit

NEW ORLEANS – Hooters of Louisiana, LLC and associated companies (“Hooters”) have agreed to pay former African American employees $650,000 to settle a race and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Hooters subjected African American employees at a Metairie-located Hooters restaurant to a workplace environment of offensive and demeaning remarks based on their race since at least 2017. Hooters also did

September 5, 2023

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