The government’s anti-discrimination watchdog is getting more aggressive — and employers are fighting back
Texas Roadhouse is taking extraordinary measures to fight a lawsuit from the EEOC, which is going after higher-impact cases as its budget sags.
Lauren Crusse, 19, waits on customers at the opening day of Texas Roadhouse on Oct. 11 in Nottingham, Md. The restaurant chain is being sued by the EEOC for age discrimination against job applicants over 40. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Brody Wingate, 18, waits on customers at the opening day of Texas Roadhouse on Oct. 11 in Nottingham, Md. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
WALKING into a Texas Roadhouse, the Louisville-based steakhouse chain where you can throw peanut shells on the floor, is like joining a hoedown. The music is loud. They only do dinner service. The floor is thick with smiling servers, racing back and forth from the kitchen out to tables, greeting people sunnily like it’s company policy (because it is). Oh, and there’s line dancing. Every hour.
