GRK Fresh Greek in New York Hit With EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit

Female workers in GRK Fresh Greek’s New York restaurants faced an intolerably hostile work environment, according to a new federal lawsuit from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The company’s district manager Philip Corhan made unwelcome sexual comments and inappropriately touched employees, including grinding into them with his crotch, according to the EEOC’s complaint.

Madison Binaso, a former general manager at one of the company’s four New York City restaurants, filed a Title VII discrimination claim with the EEOC. The commission says it tried negotiating with the company to give it a chance to remedy the unlawful employment practices, but ...