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Nevada Restaurant Services Settles $1.2 Million EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

LAS VEGAS – Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc., owner and operator of a chain of gambling parlors and hotel casino and resort facilities, including Laughlin River Lodge Hotel & Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, will pay $1.2 million and implement other remedies to settle a sexual harassment and constructive discharge lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least 2018, male and female

November 18, 2025

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Dallas Trial Court Upholds Maximum Damages Award of $300,000 Against SkyWest Airlines, Inc. in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

DALLAS – A federal judge has denied SkyWest Airlines, Inc.’s bid for a new trial and upheld an order that SkyWest pay a former parts clerk $300,000 in damages. The ruling came after the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit in which a federal jury found SkyWest liable for subjecting her to a sexually hostile work environment. The court further ordered injunctive relief for a three-year period. 

In November 2024, following a

March 24, 2025

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Jury Awards $2.17 Million Against SkyWest Airlines for Sex Discrimination

DALLAS – A federal jury has awarded $2 million in punitive damages against SkyWest Airlines, a Utah-based airline, and $170,000 for emotional harm to Sarah Budd, a female parts clerk, to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The verdict is the largest jury trial award ever obtained by the EEOC in the Northern District of Texas.

According to the EEOC, multiple coworkers

November 22, 2024

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La EEOC Alienta a las Víctimas y Testigos de Acoso en Mariscos El Puerto y La Catrina a Presentarse

LAS VEGAS – La Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los EE. UU. alienta a las víctimas o testigos de acoso sexual a trabajadoras y discriminación y/o acoso a trabajadores homosexuales y lesbianas en el restaurante Mariscos El Puerto y el bar La Catrina en Las Vegas a presentarse y denunciar sus experiencias a la agencia federal en relación con las demandas de la EEOC contra las dos empresas. 

November 15, 2024

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EEOC Encourages Victims and Witnesses of Harassment at Mariscos El Puerto and La Catrina to Come Forward

LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encourages victims of or witnesses to sexual harassment of female workers and discrimination and/or harassment of gay and lesbian workers at Mariscos El Puerto restaurant and La Catrina bar in Las Vegas to come forward and report their experiences to the federal agency in connection with the EEOC’s lawsuits against the two companies.

On Aug. 24, 2023, the EEOC filed two lawsuits in federal court

November 15, 2024

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Paramount Healthcare Consultants Pagará 50.000 Dólares en una Demanda de la EEOC por Discriminación y Represalias Sexuales

DALLAS – Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, que opera centros de atención de enfermería en Texas y Luisiana, pagará $50,000 para resolver una demanda por discriminación sexual y represalias presentada por la Comisión de Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de EE. UU., anunció hoy la agencia federal.

La demanda de la EEOC se presentó contra Paramount y los operadores del MPD Nazareth Hall, LLC, quienes administraron conjuntamente el Nazareth Living Care Center en El

February 9, 2024

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Paramount Healthcare Consultants to Pay $50,000 in EEOC Sex Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

DALLAS – Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates nursing care facilities across Texas and Louisiana, will pay $50,000 to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit was filed against both Paramount and MPD Operators Nazareth Hall, LLC, who jointly managed the Nazareth Living Care Center in El Paso, Texas. According to the lawsuit, the administrator at the El Paso facility sexually harassed a female

February 9, 2024

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EEOC Sues South Austin Nissan and NICPA Central Auto Group for Sexual Harassment

AUSTIN, Texas –South Austin Nissan, a car dealership in Austin, Texas, operated by NICPA Central Auto Group, LLC, subjected female employees to sexual harassment and retaliated against employees when they reported the harassment the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, three managers at South Austin Nissan engaged in egregious and persistent sexual harassment towards female employees. These managers regularly touched or attempted to touch

December 20, 2023

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Prosper Chili’s Grill and Bar to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

DALLAS – Brinker International Payroll Company L.P., doing business as Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurant in Prosper, Texas, has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. Under the terms of a court-approved consent decree resolving the case, the employer will pay $75,000 to two female teenage employees and is required to take specific steps to ensure a safer workplace environment by implementing more

November 14, 2023

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La EEOC Anuncia Varias Demandas por Acoso Sexual Presentadas Contra la Industria Hospitalaria de Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – La Comisión Para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo (EEOC) de los EE. UU. anunció esta semana cuatro demandas contra restaurantes locales en el área de Las Vegas y el sur de Nevada.

Las demandas presentadas contra Nevada Restaurant Services Inc, Bouchon y Mariscos El Puerto y La Catrina alegan acoso sexual hacia empleados por parte de propietarios, supervisores y gerentes, compañeros de trabajo y/o clientes. Las cuatro demandas incluyeron acusaciones

August 24, 2023

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EEOC Announces Several Sexual Harassment Lawsuits Filed Against the Las Vegas Hospitality Industry

LAS VEGAS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced four lawsuits against local restaurants in the Las Vegas and Southern Nevada area this week.

Lawsuits filed against Nevada Restaurant Services Inc, Bouchon, and Mariscos El Puerto and La Catrina allege sexual harassment towards employees by owners, supervisors and management, co-workers, and/or customers. The four lawsuits included allegations raised by workers throughout the hospitality industry, from housekeepers in hotels to waitstaff in both high-end

August 24, 2023

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EEOC Sues Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc. for Sexual Harassment

LAS VEGAS – Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc., the owner and operator of a chain of gambling parlors and hotel casino and resort facilities, which includes the Laughlin River Lodge Hotel & Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, violated federal law when it failed to prevent and correct ongoing sexual harassment and retaliation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least 2018, Nevada Restaurant Services

August 24, 2023

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EEOC Sues Bouchon and Thomas Keller Restaurant Group for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

LAS VEGAS – KVP, LP, doing business as Bouchon Restaurant, and KRM, Inc, doing business as Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, together operate a restaurant chain including restaurants such as French Laundry, Bouchon Bistro, and Bouchon Bakery, violated federal law by subjecting employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, since at least 2018, managers at Bouchon Las Vegas sexually harassed female

August 24, 2023

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McDonald’s Franchise to Pay Nearly $2 Million to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

LAS VEGAS – AMTCR, Inc., AMTCR Nevada, Inc., and AMTCR California, LLC (AMTCR), a Kingman, Arizona headquartered franchise owner operating approximately 18 McDonald’s restaurants in Nevada, Arizona and California, will pay $1,997,500 to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the lawsuit, since at least 2017, AMTCR knew about sexual harassment and allowed it to continue, unabated, by supervisors, managers, and coworkers

January 6, 2023

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Focus Plumbing Pagará $500,000 para Resolver Demanda de Acoso Sexual de la EEOC

LAS VEGAS - Focus Plumbing, LLC acordó pagar $500,000 y junto con Focus Electric, LLC, Focus Concrete, LLC, Focus Fire Protection, LLC, y Focus Framing, Door, & Trim, LLC, acordaron proporcionar una amplia medida cautelar para resolver una demanda de acoso sexual presentada por la Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo de los Estados Unidos (EEOC), anunció hoy la agencia federal.

La EEOC alegó que, desde 2017, Focus sometió a un grupo

October 13, 2022

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Focus Plumbing Pays $500,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

LAS VEGAS – Focus Plumbing, LLC agreed to pay $500,000 and along with Focus Electric, LLC, Focus Concrete, LLC, Focus Fire Protection, LLC, and Focus Framing, Door, & Trim, LLC, agreed to furnish comprehensive injunctive relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC alleged that since 2017, Focus subjected a class of monolingual Spanish-speaking female employees to a hostile work

October 13, 2022

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Chili’s Grill and Bar Sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment of Teens in Texas and Arkansas Restaurants

DALLAS – MEMPHIS – LITTLE ROCK – Two Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurants in Arkansas and Texas subjected female employees, including teens, to sexually hostile work environments in violation of federal law, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in lawsuits filed in Little Rock and Dallas today.

Brinker Arkansas, Inc., doing business as Chili’s Grill & Bar in Benton, Ark., violated federal law when it subjected a class of female teens to sexual harassment

September 12, 2022

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The Wireless Solutions to Pay $30,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Case

SAN ANTONIO -- Al Meghani Enterprises, Inc., doing business as The Wireless Solutions, a specialty retailer of wireless products, services and accessories, has agreed to pay $30,000 in damages and furnish other relief in order to settle a lawsuit for sexual harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company’s San Antonio store manager discriminated against a female employee by

August 22, 2022

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