Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Restaurant Settles Sexual Harassment Suit

First Watch Restaurant will pay $230,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday.

The EEOC filed the suit on behalf of several female former workers, including a 16-year-old girl, claiming that women were subject to the sexually hostile workplace at the company's Burlingame restaurant.
First Watch Restaurant is also asked to revamp its anti-discrimination policies and sexual harassment training.
Labor law poster tips:
The law requires employers to post Sexual Harassment Poster describing sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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