In September 2004, the Miami District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against RT Tampa Franchise, L.P., d/b/a Ruby Tuesday, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the charging party, a female employee, was subjected to sexual harassment by her supervisor, consisting of unwelcome touching and offensive sexual comments. In addition, the defendant retaliated against the charging party in response to her complaints of the sexually hostile work environment by disciplining her which resulted in her constructive discharge. The charging party intervened in the suit in November 2004. After some discovery, the parties participated in mediation, and they reached a settlement through a consent decree in August 2005.

The three-year decree contained non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses, and it required the defendant to pay the charging party $150,000 and provide her with a neutral reference. In addition, the defendant agreed to: distribute its anti-discrimination policy to its employees, provide annual Title VII training for managerial employees, post a Title VII notice, annually report to the EEOC, and expunge the charging party's employment record of all references to the charges of discrimination. The docket sheet doesn't show any further enforcement took place; the case was presumably closed in 2008.


Michele Marxkors - 06/13/2007
- 06/13/2017


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