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 Jack’s, for failing or refusing to hire male applicants who applied to non-managerial front-of-house positions, including server, bartender and host/hostess positions, since December 2019. These alleged employment practices violate federal civil rights laws.

Male applicants who sought employment as a server, host and/or bartender with any of the defendants’ Kickback Jack’s restaurants in North Carolina, Tennessee or Virginia, but were not hired, or who were hired into a different position, may be claimants in this lawsuit and are encouraged to contact the EEOC at the phone number or email address listed below.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Phone: 984-900-5910

Email: KickbackJacks@eeoc.gov

For more information about the case you may refer to https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/kickback-jacks-sued-eeoc-failing-hire-males-front-house-positions.

For more information on sex-based discrimination, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/sex-based-discrimination.

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Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC.gov)