The maid of Chile, Meagan Hunter, claims that she was not promoted for clothes

• Meagan Hunter, 35, says she's been left to be promoted to Chile's Bar & Grill in Phoenix, Arizona, because she's not dressed with clothes. adapted to gender ".
• She applied for bartender and manager positions after working at the restaurant for two years.
• Hunter claimed that after wearing pants and a button-down shirt, a manager said that she should dress more "by gender" if she wanted to hold that position.

A former waiter from Chile's Bar & Grill said she had been turned down for promotions to the bartender and manager position because she was not wearing "gender-friendly" clothing.

Meagan Hunter, 35, was a waiter at a Chile & # 39; s in Phoenix, Arizona, for two years before deciding to apply for two possible promotions – bartender or manager – in May 2018, according to Yahoo Lifestyle.

When she interviewed for the leadership role in June 2018, Hunter wore a buttoned shirt and pants, which is the typical uniform of business leaders.

After the interview, Hunter claimed that his general manager was concerned about his outfit.

"He told me that the district operator had stated that my clothes were loose and that I was dressed inappropriately for an interview," Hunter told Yahoo Lifestyle.

Seven weeks later, Hunter was again warned about her clothes and said her boss wanted her to dress in a "gender-friendly" fashion, if they wanted him give the post, said the former server to the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona.

"I said," Does this mean that I should have suspended bads to succeed in your business? and he backed up and said, "No, not with those words," Hunter told Yahoo Lifestyle.

According to Hunter, one of the officials was wearing a chef style coat and when she asked why she could not do the same thing, she was told, "It's for the boys."

Hunter said that she left the next day.

She later learned that she had been dismissed from the bartender post because the manager "did not want a gay girl behind the bar," according to the ACLU.

The ACLU and Hunter have lodged a complaint with the Commission for Equal Employment Opportunities and are waiting to hear the results of an investigation.

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For the moment, Hunter is waiting for the table in a cafe, but she said that she had to take a payment and that it was "a difficult time".

A spokesman for Chile told Yahoo Lifestyle that he was encouraging members of the team to "come as they are because our restaurants are a place where they can be themselves".

The company denied being discriminatory and said it was committed to its "all-round" staff.

"Meagan Hunter has not been denied a promotion at Chili's, but she has been identified as a member of the high-potential team and has seen the opportunity to be offered." 39 be promoted in our Certified Shift Manager program to take the next step in his career, "said the spokesman. "We have received information about him about the dress code rules of our manager, which apply to all managers, regardless of their badual identity or gender identity, but it is absolutely necessary no mention was made of the need to comply with gender-specific clothing. "