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Hospitality Industry Employment Risks: North Carolina Restaurant Franchisee Faces “Civil Contempt” Charges For Breach Of EEOC “Sexual Harassment Lawsuit” Settlement

“…an 18-year-old female employee was being sexually harassed by a male coworker who talked to her about his sex life in addition to making EEOCsexual gestures toward her…the suit goes on to claim that the female worker was fired after police went to the restaurant to investigate her complaint…The decree required the company to pay $17,500 in relief to the female employee in addition to establishing or enforcing policies against sexual discrimination and retaliation for reporting sexual harassment…”

A franchisee operating the Dairy Queen restaurant in Winston-Salem’s Hanes Mall is being held in civil contempt by a federal judge because it breached terms of an agreement resolving a sexual harassment lawsuit, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. In December 2011, the agency filed a lawsuit against YS&J Enterprises Inc. in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Back pay and monetary damages were sought in the suit.

According to the Journal, the company entered into a consent degree with the EEOC, which was signed by Judge James Beaty in October.

For more:  http://myfox8.com/2013/04/13/dairy-queen-at-hanes-mall-held-in-contempt-over-harassment-suit/

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