EEOC Sues Utah Subway Franchisee Over Sexual Harassment, Bias

The EEOC sued a Subway franchisee in Utah alleging it discriminated against a former employee by subjecting him to a hostile work environment based on sex and constructively discharging him.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says that a worker, who was 16 years old at the time, was repeatedly sexually harassed by his supervisor while working at a Subway restaurant owned by Franchise Management LLC in Provo, Utah, according to the lawsuit filed May 16 in the US District Court for the District of Utah. The harassment allegedly culminated in the supervisor sexually assaulting the worker twice during a work ...