An upscale New York City steakhouse has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle charges by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that managers sexually harassed 22 male waiters over an almost eight-year period.
The EEOC’s case against Sparks Steak House highlights what officials say is a growing trend. Sex harassment suits filed by men represented 16.3 percent of the total in fiscal 2111, compared to 11.6 percent in 1997. The EEOC does not keep statistics on the sex of the harasser, but it says that anecdotal evidence indicates that many also are men.
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