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Lawsuit Filed By the EEOC Alleges Olive Garden Asked Illegal Questions During a Job Interview

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that a manager at GMRI, Inc., which does business as Olive Garden, asked a job candidate illegal questions about his disability and declined to hire the worker because of information learned from those questions. The EEOC said it first tried to reach a pre-litigation settlement with the company before filing the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

During an interview for a busser position, the general manager allegedly asked the candidate about his use of a cane, what was “wrong with” him and how “bad” his disability was, the EEOC said.

“The EEOC is committed to enforcing the [Americans with Disabilities Act] and ensuring that employers are held accountable when they refuse to hire job applicants because of their disabilities, such as discriminatory decisions based on myths, fears and stereotypes about applicants’ disabilities or their use of assistive technologies, medical treatments and other measures related to those disabilities,” EEOC Philadelphia District Office Director Jamie Williamson said.

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