An Chicago exotic dance club will pay $200,000 and provide other relief to settle a lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for sex and race discrimination and retaliation against female entertainers.
The EEOC alleged that Admiral Theatre Inc. subjected female entertainers to hostile and dangerous working conditions, including sexual harassment, physical attacks, and assaults from customers based on sex and race. Black staffers faced particular physical abuse and racial verbal harassment due to customers’ requests for entertainers of certain races, according to the agency, and one entertainer who complained about the discrimination faced retaliation by not being ...
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