In June 2005, the EEOC district office in New Orleans, Louisiana brought this suit against Jamal & Kamal, Inc., doing business as International House of Pancakes, a national restaurant chain, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The complaint state that a group of female employees were repeatedly subject to sexual and gender-based harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the women alleged that a manager constantly made derogatory remarks, engaged in inappropriate and unwanted touching, initiated graphic conversation, and belittled them in front of other employees and patrons.

The parties entered a consent decree in November 2006. The consent decree stated that the defendant would not discriminate on the basis of sex, would never rehire the offending manager, would provide EEO training to the owner of the defendant corporation and all managers, would make semiannual reports to the EEOC regarding all complaints of sexual harassment, and would pay the group of women a total of $60,000 in satisfaction of all claims presented in this litigation.

Jason Chester - 06/12/2007


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