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Pedro Camacho

The Cheesecake Factory Sued by Undocumented Workers Over Allegations of Forced Labor and Discrimination

The Cheescake Factory (Credit: Photo by Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for The Cheesecake Factory)

Five undocumented immigrant workers have filed a lawsuit against The Cheesecake Factory, alleging that the company knowingly recruited them and subjected them to forced labor and discriminatory treatment at its Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, location.

Filed on June 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the suit—Doe A.S.M. v. The Cheesecake Factory Inc.—accuses the restaurant chain of violating the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Pennsylvania's Human Trafficking Act and Human Rights Act.

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