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P. 1Texas RoadhouseTexas RoadhouseRatings: (0)|Views: 284,441|Likes: 0Published by dave_jamieson1222More info:Published by: dave_jamieson1222 on Oct 04, 2011Copyright:Attribution Non-commercialAvailability:Read on Scribd mobile: iPhone, iPad and Android.download as PDF, TXT or read online from ScribdFlag for inappropriate content|Add to collectionSee moreSee lesshttps://www.scribd.com/doc/67441392/Texas-Roadhouse08/13/2013pdftextoriginal UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTDISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS____________________________________EQUAL EMPLOYMENT )OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, )) Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-11732Plaintiff, ))v. ) COMPLAINT)TEXAS ROADHOUSE, INC., TEXAS ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDROADHOUSE HOLDINGS LLC, TEXAS )ROADHOUSE MANAGEMENT CORP., ))Defendants. )____________________________________)
This is an action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to correct unlawfulemployment practices on the basis of age and to provide appropriate relief to a class of unidentified individuals who were denied employment by Defendants because of their age. Asalleged with greater particularity in paragraphs 8(a) through (d) below, statistical, documentaryand anecdotal evidence will establish that, nation-wide, Defendants failed to hire employeeswithin the protected age group in violation of the ADEA. As a result of this discriminatorytreatment, these unidentified employees have suffered lost wages.JURISDICTION AND VENUE1. Jurisdiction of this Court is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 451, 1331, 1337,1343 and 1345. This action is also authorized and instituted pursuant to Section 7(b) of the AgeDiscrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 626(b)(the “ADEA”),which incorporates by reference Sections 16(c) and 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938(the “FLSA”), as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 216(c) and 217.
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2. The employment practices alleged to be unlawful were committed within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, pursuant to 28U.S.C. § 1391(b).PARTIES3. Plaintiff, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “Commission”), isthe agency of the United States of America charged with the administration, interpretation andenforcement of the ADEA and is expressly authorized to bring this action by Section 7(b) of theADEA, 29 U.S.C. § 626(b), as amended by Section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978, 92Stat. 3781, and by Public Law 98-532 (1984), 98 Stat. 2705.4. At all relevant times, Defendant Texas Roadhouse, Inc., and its wholly-ownedsubsidiaries Defendants Texas Roadhouse Holdings LLC and Texas Roadhouse ManagementCorp., have continuously been corporations doing business in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and locations throughout the United States, and have each continuously had atleast 15 employees.5. At all relevant times, Defendants have continuously been employers engaged inan industry affecting commerce within the meaning of Sections 11(b), (g) and (h) of the ADEA,29 U.S.C. §§ 630(b), (g) and (h).CONCILIATION6.
Prior to institution of this lawsuit, the Commission’s representatives attempted toeliminate the unlawful employment practices alleged below and to effect voluntary compliancewith the ADEA through informal methods of conciliation, conference and persuasion within themeaning of Section 7(b) of the ADEA, 29 U.S.C. § 626(d).
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STATEMENT OF CLAIMS7. More than thirty days prior to the institution of this lawsuit, the Director of theBoston Area Office of the EEOC initiated an investigation, alleging violations of the ADEA byDefendants. All conditions precedent to the institution of this lawsuit have been fulfilled.8. Since at least January 1, 2007, Defendants have engaged in unlawful employmentpractices at their facilities nationwide in violation of Section 4 of the ADEA, 29 U.S.C. § 623(a).These unlawful practices include, but are not limited to, the following:(a) Since at least January 1, 2007, Defendants have subjected a class of aggrievedapplicants for front of the house and other publicly visible positions to an ongoing pattern orpractice of discriminatory failure to hire such persons because of their age, 40 years and older(hereafter “the protected age group”).(b) Approximately only 1.9% of Defendants’ front of the house employees is in theprotected age group. This figure is well below the protected age group’s representation in thegeneral population of Defendants’ locations, well below the protected age group’s representationin Bureau of Labor Statistics data for such positions within the industry, and well below theprotected age group’s representation in the pool of applicants for positions with Defendants.These disparities are statistically significant.(c) Since at least January 1, 2007, Defendants, either directly or implicitly, haveinstructed their managers to hire job applicants not in the protected age group. For example, onepowerpoint used for the purpose of training managers regarding hiring starts with a slide thatstates “Step 1: Know what [a front of the house employee] looks like”, and then the next slideanswers with a group picture of young people shouting and making gestures. In addition, all of 3
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