Some states do not require that employers pay for employee uniforms—an obvious prerequisite for employment at Hooters. In California, however, if an employer requires that an employee wear a specific uniform for the job, the employer is required to foot the bill. That allegedly didn't happen for Dina Partridge of Pleasanton, the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against a Hooters franchise alleging mistreatment.
According to the 4/11/10 issue of the New York Times, Partridge was made to work long hours without breaks and did not get her share of tips. She also was allegedly required to spend her own money to acquire the mandated uniform, which included the low-cut Hooters tank top, short shorts, "Cal-Sun" footless pantyhose, white slouchy socks and high-top Sketchers sneakers.
Partridge was a single mother of a toddler in 2004 when she was hired as a so-called Hooter Girl, one of 80 hires from a field of about 1200 applicants. Partridge felt lucky to be selected and to have a job—but as a single mother, she could ill afford to buy her own uniform.
A spokesperson for the defendant claims that two uniforms are purchased for each new hire. Additional uniforms, for matters of convenience or change in weight, are the responsibility of the employee.
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The three class action lawsuits will potentially involve all 6,000 Hooters food servers, dishwashers and busboys in California.
''California is the most stringent and most expansive when it comes to pro-employee laws,'' said William Gould IV, a law professor at Stanford University and the former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, in comments published in the New York Times.
In 1997 Hooters of America paid $3.75 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed by men who had been denied jobs.
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