News out of Denver this morning: Outback Steakhouse will pay $19 million to settle a major class lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination at its hundreds of restaurants nationwide.According to the Denver News, the suit, filed in September 2006, alleges that managers made comments that disparaged women workers.
Tom Flanagan, a joint venture partner, allegedly said female managers had "let him down" and "lost focus" when they had children. He also allegedly said women managers had trouble "saying no" and that he wanted "cute girls" to work in the front as servers. Ben Martinez, a managing partner, allegedly told another female employee she should be a teacher instead of working in the restaurant business.
The $19 million will be paid to female employees at Outback who have worked from 2002 to the present, and who have worked there for at least three years.
And a woman lawyer helped to make this happen. Stephanie Struble, an associate at a Denver law firm, was one of the lead attorneys on the case.
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