GLC Restaurants, Inc., which operates McDonald’s restaurants in Arizona and California, has agreed to pay $550,000 to eight female teenage workers who were sexually harassed by a middle-aged male supervisor. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of the young workers, charged that the supervisor was a repeat offender who engaged in unwanted touching and made lewd comments. The suit claimed that GLC knew that the manager had been accused of harassment at another of its restaurants, but failed to take action to prevent him from repeating the misconduct.
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Sexual Harassment information U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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