Texas Roadhouse Age Discrimination Lawsuit Could Affect Hiring Practices
The EEOC says the chain passes over older job applicants.
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Maria DeSimone was 40 when she applied for a server job at a Texas Roadhouse in Palm Bay, Fla., in 2009. Her family needed more income, so the wife and mother of two, who had two years of restaurant experience, decided to return to work. A manager said he’d get back to her.
He never did, and when she called to follow up on her application, DeSimone was told the restaurant wasn’t hiring. She later learned that the 19-year-old daughter of a friend, who’d never worked in a restaurant, got the job.