Hooters Sued by Former Waitress in Dispute Over Wig After Cancer Surgery
Following brain surgery, your main worry should not be whether you’ll get fired at work for refusing to wear a wig that scrapes your scar. But former Hooters waitress Sandra Lupo contends in a lawsuit that’s what happened when she declined to don a wig and her hours were reduced so much, she was forced to quit.
She’s filed a disability discrimination lawsuit in Missouri against Hooters of St. Peters, LLC and Hooters of America LLC and is seeking $25,000 for mental and emotional distress, plus punitive damages, attorney fees and other relief.
"Hooters of America believes the lawsuit is without foundation, denies the accusations and has filed a motion that the lawsuit be dismissed," the company said in a statement to NBC News. Hooters, in an April 5 response to the court, denies most of her statements and says “its actions were taken for legitimate, nondiscriminatory business reasons.”
Hooters is a privately held chain of restaurants that bank on attractive waitresses wearing short shorts and cleavage-hugging shirts. Lupo and her attorney did not respond to requests to comment for this story.
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/hooters-sued-former-waitress-dispute-over-wig-1C9279586
One more reason to hate Hooters, IMHO