Caesars Palace will pay $850,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the EEOC. The EEOC charged that the Las Vegas resort/casino’s Latina kitchen workers were subjected to repeated and sometimes severe sexual harassment. Read the full story here: http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-20-07.html.
The suit claimed that male supervisors demanded that their female workers perform sex and other lewd acts with them or face being fired. The EEOC also charged that management failed to address and correct the illegal conduct, even though women complained about it. Further, the workers who complained were then retaliated against via demotions, loss of wages, further harassment, and more.
Caesars Palace has agreed to pay $850,000 to the employees identified by the EEOC to have been sexually harassed and further: “(1) to provide training to all employees in English or Spanish; (2) to provide semi-annual reports to the EEOC regarding its employment practices for a period of three years; and (3) to revise its employment policies and procedures to conform to its obligations under Title VII.”
