Bloomin’ Brands, Outback Steakhouse of Florida and OS Restaurant Services LLC were hit with a class action Thursday in Illinois Northern District Court for claims under the Equal Pay Act. The complaint, brought by Caffarelli & Associates, contends that women in managerial positions are paid at a lower rate than men in managerial positions. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendant. The case is 1:22-cv-04851, O’Neil v. Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. et al.
This lawsuit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, a source for high-speed legal news and litigation updates personalized to your practice. Law.com Radar publishes daily updates on just-filed federal cases like this one. Click here to get started and be first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
Plaintiff Tracey O’Neil, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated
(collectively, the “Plaintiff Collective” or “Plaintiff Class”), by and through her attorneys,
Caffarelli & Associates Ltd., complains against Defendants Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (“BBI”), OS
Restaurant Services, LLC (“OS”), and Outback Steakhouse of Florida, LLC (“Outback”)
(collectively, “Defendants”), as follows, based upon personal knowledge as to herself and her own
experiences, and, as to all other matters, upon information and belief:
1. This lawsuit arises from Defendants’ violations of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as
amended, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (“EPA”) and the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003,...
A Texas-based excavation and utilities company must continue to defend against a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging fraud under a pandemic-assistance program, even though the company lost its corpo...