Owner Subjected Female Employees to a Hostile Work Environment, Federal Agency Charged
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Protocol of Amherst, Inc., doing business as Protocol Restaurant in Buffalo, will pay $90,000 and take other steps to settle a sex harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Paul Pelczynski, the restaurant’s owner and general manager, sexually harassed female employees by, among other things, engaging in numerous instances of inappropriate physical contact. The EEOC charged that Protocol discharged female employees who objected to Pelczynski’s conduct or rejected his advances, and that other female employees quit because they could no longer endure the hostile work environment.
Protocol Restaurant will pay $90K in sexual harassment suit settlement
The EEOC says Paul Pelczynski created a hostile environment by sexually harassing employees, including physically, and firing them if they objected to his actions. Author: Emyle Watkins Updated: 8:01 PM EST December 10, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. An Amherst restaurant will have to pay a hefty fine, and the owner won t be allowed to supervise employees, after a settlement was reached in a lawsuit regarding sexual harassment in the work place.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said that Protocol Restaurant owner and manager Paul Pelczynski created a hostile work environment for his employees.