A California moving company that uses student athletes as movers is being sued for violating age-discrimination laws. 

Meathead Movers, a company that prides itself on using clean-cut youthful workers, is being pursued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). 

The Fresno based business is said to have failed to recruit and hire workers over 40 into positions within the company. 

Employment lawyers and trade groups have said the case will shine a light on how the agency plan to approach antidiscrimination laws, after President Biden appointed commissioners to tackle the problem. 

Many of the allegations from the EEOC say that Meathead Movers focus marketing and hiring that might discourage older workers from applying. 

Images from their website and social media show movers for the company are all relatively young people who are physically fit. 

Employees also compete in the Meathead Olympics in which they compete against each other by assembling and jumping over boxes. 

Workers are frequently pictured with biceps, and are seen jogging from a truck to a house when not carrying any furniture. 

According to the EEOC, current employees are asked to scour local gyms, colleges and places where they would frequent to pick up new employees. 

The agency had started an investigation into the company in 2017 on its own back, and not from a complaint. 

According to the Wall Street Journal, the agency and Meathead Movers had attempted to negotiate a settlement in their case. 

The outlet reported that the EEOC had wanted around $15 million from the company, before dropping this to $5 million. Meathead Movers offered to settle for $750,000. 

Speaking to the WSJ, company owner Aaron Steed said: ‘We are 100% open to hiring anyone at any age if they can do the job. 

‘People love working at Meathead, or they are turned off by how hard it is. You have to move furniture and run to get more.’