43 | EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2026 EDITION ©2026 Seyfarth Shaw LLP Hooters is also required to conduct annual trainings, post a notice of employee rights, submit compliance reports to the EEOC and reassure the public that Hooters is an equal opportunity employer through a post on its Instagram feed. Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen. The employer agreed to enter into two agreements to resolve two charges brought against it. The agreements resolve charges where the EEOC’s investigation found reasonable cause to believe the company violated federal anti-discrimination law by allowing two former employees who worked at the company’s Granby Street location in Norfolk and the Landstown location in Virginia Beach to sexually harass multiple female workers from approximately July 2022 to February 2023, including some who were teenagers at the time. The harassers repeatedly made inappropriate sexual comments and engaged in unwelcome physical contact. The investigation found that Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen knew or should have known of the harassment and failed to take corrective action or remedial measures. To resolve these matters, Mid Atlantic Dairy Queen, LLC agreed to provide monetary relief totaling $100,000 for two employees who filed charges as well as $45,000 for a group of five other female employees who experienced a sexually hostile work environment. The agreements also require the company to establish or update all written policies and procedures prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, prohibiting harassment and prohibiting retaliation for complaining about, reporting, or otherwise opposing such discrimination. In addition, the employer agreed to conduct sexual harassment prevention training for leadership and employees, to be monitored for compliance for three years, and to post a workplace notice regarding the resolution of these matters and the laws enforced by the EEOC.
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