Pei Wei Asian Diner LLC, doing business as Pei Wei Fresh Kitchen in Little Rock Ark., has been charged with subjecting a class of female teens and young adults to sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work environment in violation of federal law.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in a lawsuit that the sexual harassment, committed by the male general manager and the male kitchen manager, forced two of the discrimination victims to resign.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the company had notice of the general manager’s conduct by at least early 2016; however, he continued to harass the young female employees through early December 2017. In spite of receiving sexual harassment complaints against both managers, the company allowed the managers’ harassment to go unchecked, the EEOC charged.
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Western Division, Civil Action No. 4:19-cv-00718, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The suit seeks monetary relief in the form of back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, compensation for lost benefits, and an injunction against future discrimination.
Source: EEOC
Topics Arkansas
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