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DETROIT – East Jordan Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers, will pay $460,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the suit, a class of female employees at the manufacturer’s Beaverton, Michigan location was sexually harassed by a male co-worker, whose conduct included offensive sexual comments and inappropriate touching. Despite being made aware of

DETROIT— East Jordan Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to sexual harassment before taking untimely remedial action, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female employees at East Jordan Plastic’s Beaverton, Michigan location were sexually harassed by a male co-worker. The harassing conduct included sexually explicit comments and inappropriate touching. Because East Jordan

DETROIT – Six related entities operating Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they allowed a senior area manager to sexually harass female employees, including multiple teenage employees, he supervised, and fired a local assistant manager the same day she reported the senior area manager’s misconduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, for months, the upper-level manager sexually harassed female employees, including

DETROIT – FCA US, L.L.C., an international automobile manufacturer, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to widespread sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, female employees at FCA’s Detroit Assembly Complex were sexually harassed by male supervisors and co-workers. The harassing conduct included sexually explicit comments and inappropriate touching, and because some of the women complained to FCA, the

DETROIT – Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Michigan, Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and South Carolina, will pay $80,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.  

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee was sexually harassed by her male supervisor shortly after being hired. The harassment involved constant unwanted sexual advances, unwanted

SEATTLE – Jetro Holdings, LLC, a wholesale food service supplier operating under the name Restaurant Depot in Fife, Washington, has agreed to institute sweeping changes to its internal complaint procedures and implement trainings for its facilities in the state of Washington to resolve a sexual harassment complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC, a former employee alleged that during the year prior to her

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLC, will pay $40,000 in compensatory damages and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC’s suit alleged Pero Family Farms maintained a sexually hostile work environment at its Benton Harbor, Michigan, facility by allowing a male employee to sexually harass a female co-worker until she obtained a personal protection order.

The alleged conduct

RICHLAND, Wash. – Fred Meyer Stores, Inc., a subsidiary of national supermarket chain Kroger, violated federal law when it allowed a male employee to sexually harass multiple female employees over a period of years despite repeated complaints about his unlawful behavior, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the lawsuit, since at least 2017, a male employee at the Richland, Washington, location repeatedly subjected his female coworkers

GLASGOW, Mont. – NorVal Electric Cooperative, Inc., a utility serving Northeast Montana, agreed to pay $50,000 to a former employee and provide other injunctive relief to resolve a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, NorVal’s office manager faced unwelcome sexual comments and physical touching from her direct supervisor, the utility’s then-general manager. The conduct escalated during a

EVERETT, Wash. – Restaurant chain Red Robin International, Inc. agreed to pay $600,000 to four former employees and provide other injunctive relief to resolve a sexual harassment, retaliation and constructive discharge lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a 45-year-old male line cook at Red Robin’s Everett, Washington restaurant was allowed to sexually harass female employees on a daily basis with offensive

SEATTLE – Seattle Children’s Hospital has agreed to pay $125,000 in compensatory damages and back pay to a former employee and provide other injunctive relief following an investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

The EEOC’s investigation found evidence supporting a nurse’s allegations that she had been subjected to sexual harassment, including unwelcome sexual comments, and a sexually charged atmosphere at work over a three-month period. The investigation also

SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Chipotle has agreed to pay $400,000 to three former crew members at its Sammamish, Washington, restaurant location, and will provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Chipotle permitted the three young crew members, including one who was only 17 years old at the time, to be harassed by their 29-year old

DETROIT, MI – Eden Foods, Inc., will pay more than $182,500 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to obtain relief for former employees at the natural foods company’s Clinton, Michigan headquarters, the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC lawsuit, Eden’s male owner and president touched multiple female employees inappropriately on their backs, shoulders and legs, sometimes sitting with his leg pressed up against a

DETROIT – Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Taylor, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio, violated federal law by maintaining a sexually hostile work environment at its Taylor location and retaliating against a female employee who complained of being sexually harassed by a male supervisor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, shortly after the female employee was hired, her

DETROIT– Pero Family Farms Food Company, LLC, a Delray Beach, Florida-based farming and produce supplier, violated federal law at its Benton Harbor, Michigan location by subjecting a female employee to a hostile work environment because of her sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee was harassed by a male forklift driver with whom she had a prior romantic relationship. The

YAKIMA, Wash. — Chief Orchards Administrative Services, a tree fruit business based in Yakima, Washington, has agreed to pay $127,500 to a former employee and to provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Chief Orchards permitted a male picker to harass a female Latina checker over the course of the 2017 and 2018 seasons

RENTON, Wash. – CCS Facility Services, Inc. has agreed to provide payment and furnish other relief to resolve a sexual harassment complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. 

The Latina janitor who filed the charge with the EEOC alleged that she suffered sexual comments, unwelcome touching and other unwanted sexual conduct by her direct supervisor for well over a year, despite making multiple complaints.  

Following an extensive investigation

EVERETT, Wash. —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. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, a line cook at Red Robin’s Everett

SEATTLE — GIPHX10, LLC, and Jaffer, Inc., Edmonton, Canada-based companies that operated as Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham until November 2021, have agreed to pay $370,000 to two female former house­keeping employees and to provide other relief to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit initiated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, the owners permitted the male maintenance/housekeeping manager to sexually harass two female housekeepers at

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Konos, Inc., a Michigan-based egg producer, will pay $175,000 and provide other relief to settle a sex discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC charged that Konos violated federal law by subjecting a female employee to a sexually hostile work environ­ment and retaliating against her because she complained.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a male supervisor repeatedly made sexual

SEATTLE — Fast food chain Chipotle Services LLC and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., violated federal law by subjecting young female employees to egregious and ongoing sexual harassment from October 2019 to June 2020, severe enough to force two employees to leave their jobs, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Chipotle cultivated a toxic work environment when it allowed a male service manager and