Horseshoe Lake Golf Course Inc. has agreed to pay $367,000 as part of a settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Eight former employees brought the lawsuit, claiming that they were sexual harassed in the workplace. EECO alleged that the general manager and the owner ordered female employees to wear revealing attire and made constant lewd and demeaning sexual comments and physical advances. The owner told female applicants and employees that he wanted to perpetuate a 'sexual fantasy' at the golf course.
Horseshoe Lake will pay $267,000 to the eight women who brought the charges and set aside another $100,000 to establish a trust for other women who were subjected to harassment.
The company has also agreed to provide training to the owner and other employees and establish written procedures and polices to address sexual harassment issues.
Employers are required to poster labor law poster in their workplace, sexual harassment poster included.
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