EEOC alleges harassment in Tavern on Green suit

Nation's Restaurant News, Oct 15, 2007

NEW YORK -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued this city's famed Tavern on the Green, reputedly the nation's highest-grossing restaurant, for alleged sexual and racial harassment of employees over the past eight years.

The lawsuit, which claims that managers and nonmanagers targeted black and Hispanic women, seeks an injunction against such activities, $1.5 million in damages, back pay for the alleged victims and job reinstatements in certain cases. The EEOC claims the restaurant "knew or should have known of the severe and pervasive harassment, yet failed to exercise reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly the harassing behavior."

Mara Levin, attorney for Tavern on the Green, said the allegations are "entirely devoid of merit."

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