IHOPs in Nevada and New York Face Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

A group of IHOP franchises in Nevada and New York subjected food servers and other crew members to sexual harassment and retaliated against women who complained, the EEOC alleges in a federal lawsuit (EEOC v. Lucinda Mgmt., LLC, D. Nev., No. 2:17-cv-02458, complaint filed 9/21/17).

The Sept. 21 complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, is the second lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed against IHOP franchises this week, as the agency continues its crackdown on workplace sexual harassment. The EEOC Sept. 19 sued the owner of two IHOPs in Illinois.

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