August 17, 2023
A California federal judge tossed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Darden Restaurants of violating civil rights laws by forcing workers to rely on tips for their income and subjecting them to sexual harassment and race bias, finding the advocacy group bringing the suit couldn't prove its case.
July 21, 2023
In the upcoming week, attorneys should keep an eye out for a potential dismissal in a case claiming Darden Restaurants' compensation plans lead to sexual harassment and race bias. Here's a look at that case and other labor and employment matters coming up in California.
June 08, 2023
Darden Restaurants Inc.'s compensation schemes subject workers to sexual harassment and race bias, forcing an advocacy group to divert its resources to help the aggrieved laborers, the group told a California federal court Thursday, arguing its suit should stand still.
May 26, 2023
An advocacy group does not have constitutional standing to assert claims that Darden Restaurants Inc.'s practice of paying tipped wages to workers unlawfully subjects them to sexual harassment and race bias, the restaurant company told a California federal court in a request to toss the revived suit.
September 14, 2021
A nonprofit that supports tipped employees can't sue Darden Restaurants over claims the company's wage policies discriminate against servers, a California federal judge said Tuesday, finding the case needs to be brought by workers.
August 05, 2021
A nonprofit that supports tipped employees has urged a California federal court to deny Darden Restaurants' motions to dismiss its suit claiming the operator of Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and other brands pays the lowest wage allowed by law and intentionally discriminates against workers.