Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace and requires employers to investigate complaints of sexual harassment and take steps to prevent such harassment. Despite multiple reports of such conduct from several employees, the restaurant’s supervisors and managers failed to take prompt or effective actions to stop the harassment, causing one female worker to quit. When the female employees objected to his conduct, he retaliated against them by calling them sexist slurs and refusing to give them their food orders, which interfered with their ability to do their jobs. ![]() Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court today.Īccording to the EEOC’s suit, a line cook at Red Robin’s Everett, Washington location repeatedly subjected female employees to sexual harassment that included offensive sexual comments, unwanted remarks about their bodies, leering, and touching them without their consent. Red Robin International, Inc., a casual dining chain with restaurants throughout the United States and Canada, violated federal law when it allowed a male line cook to sexually harass female employees despite repeated notice of such unlawful behavior, and then retaliated against them for complaining, the U.S.
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