A privately owned restaurant can refuse service to former employees? Is this legal?
Question by Oracion en Orlando: A privately owned restaurant can refuse service to former employees? Is this legal?
My Mom who live in Minnesota is a server at a privately owned restaurant(not corporate). Evidently, the manager asks former employees(people who have quit or were fired) to leave the restaurant when they come in to eat. My mom says she has seen it happen. A former employee who left on good terms, but quit because they were not able to work there anymore, sat down at a table, and the manager asked her to leave.
Evidently this is one of their “rules”, not just a cranky manager. IS THIS LEGAL?
Best answer:
Answer by Zach
Yes, its legal. A company can refuse to serve anyone they deem necessary so long as it is not based off of the groups protected my dicrimination laws. Being a former employee of a company is not a protected class.
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Yes, that is legal. They can refuse service to whomever they want.
business has the right to refuse service to anyone at any time for anything (other than race, religion, or national origin).
All the restaurants I’ve ever been in say in the menu that they reserve the right to deny service to anyone.
A restaurant doesn’t have to serve anyone they don’t want to. They can’t discriminate against certain groups (for example, just on the person’s race) but they can certainly refuse service to ex-staff.
yes it is legal they have the right to serve or not serve anyone they choose
A private company can refuse service to anyone, unless it violates anti-discrimination laws. Since former employment with the company is not a protected group, this is absolutely legal, albeit a little odd.
Yes, it is legal. Plus, a private business can refuse entrance into the store for any reason. For instance, a place of business can refuse children.