Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Joe's Stone Crab, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON MONETARY DAMAGES & INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

HURLEY, District Judge.

At the conclusion of the liability phase of this case, the court found Joe’s Stone Crab, Inc. (Joe’s or “the restaurant”) guilty of sex discrimination. See EEOC v. Joe’s Stone Crab, Inc., 969 F.Supp. 727 (S.D.Fla.1997). This finding was based on an examination of Joe’s employment practices which showed that management delegated total hiring authority to subordinates who, without the benefit of policies 1 or guidelines, used subjective criteria to select only males for food server positions. One high-ranking…