Hooters of Louisiana will pay a group of Black workers at its Metairie restaurant $650,000 after a lawsuit alleging a racially hostile atmosphere, WWL-TV reports.
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, "Hooters subjected African American employees at a Metairie-located Hooters restaurant to a workplace environment of offensive and demeaning remarks based on their race since at least 2017."
Plaintiffs claimed the restaurant only re-hired non-Black employees after it reopened following the pandemic shutdowns.
"Hooters will pay the former employees $650,000 in backpay and damages," the EEOC said in a statement Tuesday. "And also conduct training, revise policies, provide regular reports to the EEOC, and post a notice affirming its obligations under Title VII."
