Sexual Harassment of Teen Worker Lawsuit

In a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by attorneys with the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”), the federal agency charges that an 18-year-old restaurant server was forced to quit her job because of a boss’s sexual touching and advances.  According to the EEOC news release posted at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-20-10.cfm , Cactus Grill, Inc. violated federal law when it allegedly allowed a manager to sexually harass the server at its restaurant in Leawood, Kansas.  More specifically, EEOC attorneys charge in the sexual harassment lawsuit that an assistant manager at the restaurant asked the server for sex, touched her, and made unwelcome sexual advances toward her.  As further claimed by the EEOC, the harassment became so intolerable that the server was forced to quit her job, amounting to an unlawful constructive discharge. 

The EEOC is a federal agency which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including sexual harassment.  In this regard, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects workers from discrimination based on gender, including sexual harassment.  Further information about the EEOC and the laws it enforces is available at www.eeoc.gov .