The Jillian's restaurant chain has agreed to pay $360,000 to settle a U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging the company discriminated
against male employees.
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Download NowThe company is based in Louisville, Kentucky, and operates a chain of family
dining/entertainment facilities in about 25 states with more than 5,000 employees.
The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District
of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, alleged that Jillian's maintained sex-segregated
job classifications on a nationwide basis and failed to hire and/or transfer
a class of male employees to lucrative server positions and other so-called
"female" job classifications because of their sex.
In settling the case, the company admitted no wrongdoing. Under the terms of
the settlement, Jillian's agreed to pay $350,000 in damages to Indianapolis
class members--estimated to be at least 100 men--and $10,000 in administrative
expenses to advertise for and locate Indianapolis class members.