A.V.I. Sea Bar & Chophouse has agreed to pay $55,000 to a former employee to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit involving a pregnant worker in Wichita, Kansas, the EEOC said Monday.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged the hostess was provided a stool to alleviate pregnancy-related foot and back pain until managers took it away, demanded she provide a doctor’s note, and then fired her after she provided it.
The three-year consent agreement prohibits future violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and requires the employer to provide copies of the company’s pregnancy discrimination and ...
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