"Texas Roadhouse settles EEOC age discrimination case", 3 Apr 2017

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Friday it has reached a $12 million settlement of an age discrimination lawsuit filed against restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse Inc...The lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, alleged the Louisville, Kentucky-based chain had violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act by discriminating against applicants for hourly “front-of-the house” positions, such as servers and hosts, because they were 40 or older...“Applicants rarely know that they have been denied a job because of their age. When the Commission uncovers such evidence, it will act aggressively and doggedly to remedy the violation.”  The company said in a statement: “The settlement was not an admission of guilt but rather a business decision. After seven years of litigation, including a recent mistrial, we still faced a prospect of many more years of legal bills, trials, and appeals...Texas Roadhouse is and always will be an equal opportunity employer.”