Chipotle Settles with Ex-Employee Who Says Manager Forcibly Removed Hijab

Chipotle will settle a lawsuit with a Muslim employee who said a manager harassed her and forcibly removed her hijab at one of the company’s Lenexa restaurants in 2021.

On April 1, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the national restaurant chain Chipotle Services, Inc. will pay $20,000 and provide other relief, like training workers on religious discrimination and harassment, to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit with the woman, who was a teenager at the time she worked at the Lenexa franchise.

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