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EEOC Sues Scalo Restaurant for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Scalo Restaurant, an Albuquerque restaurant located in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood, violated federal civil rights laws when its male managers sexually harassed female employees and then retaliated against those female workers who spoke out against the abusive conduct, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, two male managers subjected female employees to relentless sexual harassment, including: vulgar comments about female

July 30, 2025

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Academy Mortgage to Pay $75,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Academy Mortgage Corporation, an Albuquerque mortgage lending company, has entered into a public conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a sex discrimination and retaliation charge, the federal agency announced today.

This agreement resolves a charge of discrimination filed against Academy Mortgage and ends an investigation in which the EEOC determined there was reasonable cause to believe Academy Mortgage violated Title VII. A former supervisor at the company is

July 15, 2025

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EEOC Sues Paia Inn for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

HONOLULU – Paia Inn, a hotel on the North Shore of Maui, violated federal law when its owner sexually harassed a class of young female employees and terminated those who complained or tried to address the rampant 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 2015, Paia Inn’s owner regularly preyed on a class of female employees, including some teenagers

May 15, 2025

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Honolulu Restaurant and HR Company to Pay $115,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Aged Artisans LLC and Surfeit Group LLC, doing business as Square Barrels, a former Honolulu-based restaurant, and their outsourced human resources company, ALTRES, Inc., doing business as SimplicityHR, have agreed to pay $115,000 and 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, Aged Artisans’ co-owner targeted gay employees for sexual harassment by

June 11, 2024

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Sandia Transportation Reaches $97,500 Settlement with EEOC in Harassment Case

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Sandia Transportation, L.L.C. has agreed to pay $97,500 to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The lawsuit alleged that Sandia Transportation subjected four female employees to disparaging and discriminatory comments, creating a hostile work environment for them because of their sex, sexual orientation, or because they did not conform to gender stereotypes for women. One of the female employees

March 15, 2024

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EEOC Sues Honolulu Restaurant and HR Company for Sexual Harassment of Male Employees

HONOLULU – A Honolulu restaurant and its outsourced human resources company violated federal law by subjecting male employees to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

The EEOC charged that since 2018, a co-owner of the restaurant Square Barrels sexually harassed male employees by exposing his genitals in the workplace and making repeated sexual comments related to the male employees’ sexual orientation. Square Barrels and its

May 11, 2023

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EEOC Sues Mexico Restaurant for Sexual and Racial Harassment

HONOLULU – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Mexico Restaurant, Inc., a local restaurant on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, for racial and sexual harassment, the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that since 2019, Mexico Restaurant allowed a bartender to sexually harass numerous female employees. The harassment included, but was not limited to, unwanted touching, excessive and inappropriate comments about the employees’ bodies and requests for dates

September 29, 2022

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AMG Specialty Hospital to Pay $82,481 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque-AMG Specialty Hospital, LLC and Acadiana Manage­ment Group, LLC, operating AMG Specialty Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M., will pay $82,481 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.

The EEOC charged that AMG violated federal law by subjecting a female director of case management, Moriah Smith, to a sexually hostile work environment, and that AMG’s failure to

February 22, 2022

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Ojos Locos Sports Cantina to Pay $700,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ojos Locos Sports Cantina in Albuquerque will pay $700,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit charging sex-based harassment and retaliation filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The owner/operators of the relevant businesses are Ojos Locos Sports Cantina, LLC; Ojos Locos Sports Cantina DOS, LLC; Ojos Locos Sports Cantina TRES, LLC; Ojos Locos Sports Cantina Cuatro, LLC and Reach Restaurant Group, acting as

February 14, 2019

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