Restaurant Settles Discrimination Lawsuit

Minado has agreed to pay $130,000 to settle a federal lawsuit.

Zuo Zhou Lin, a former employee of the restaurant filed a complaint with EEOC, claiming Chinese employees were forced to speak English only, even on their breaks, while Korean and Hispanic employees were allowed to speak in their native tongues. They were threatened they would be fired if complained by managers.

The discrimination is apparently Chinese only. The company denied any bias but agreed to settle the case to spare "the expense of litigation and permit all of our employees to focus on continuing to provide the finest level of experience to our thousands of loyal customers on Long Island.” according to the restaurant's founder's words.

Minado also paid $4,000 to run legal notice on the media to reach other former employees.