KANSAS CITY – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that The Cactus Grill, Inc. allowed a manager to sexually harass an 18-year-old server at its restaurant in Leawood, Kansas.
According to the suit, an assistant manager at the restaurant asked the server for sex, touched her, and made unwelcome sexual advances toward her, to the point where the server was forced to quit her job.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers from sex discrimination, which includes sexual harassment.
“Sexual harassment in the workplace is always wrong, but harassment of teenage workers, who are often in their first ‘real’ job, is even more egregious,” said James Neely, director of the EEOC’s St. Louis District Office. “Employers must provide safe, harassment-free workplaces for all of their employees, including teenagers.”
“Training is key to preventing sexual harassment in the workplace, and it is especially crucial for employers with teenage employees. All employees must be trained that sexual harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. But all employees, and especially teenagers, must also be trained to recognize sexual harassment and to know what to do if it happens to them,” Barbara A. Seely, regional attorney of the EEOC’s St. Louis District Office, added.
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