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마리오 바탈리. AFP=연합뉴스 직원들을 성희롱하고 여성 혐오적인 발언을 일삼은 미국의 유명 요리사이자 외식사업가 마리오 바탈리(60)가 60만 달러(약 7억원)의 합의금을 물어줬다. 23일(현지시간) AP통신에 따르면 바탈리와 그가 운영하는 레스토랑 매니저들에게 성희롱과 성추행 피해를 본 직원 20명에게 바탈리 측이 60만 달러를 지급하는 데 합의했다고 뉴욕주 검찰이 밝혔다. 바탈리는 뉴욕, 로스앤젤레스, 라스베이거스 등 대도시에 다수의 레스토랑을 거느린 외식사업가로, 미국에서 상업적으로 가장 성공한 이탈리아 요리사로 평가받는다. 방송에도 많이 출연해 대중적인 인기도 누렸다. 또 바탈리 뿐만 아니라 그가 소유한 레스토랑의 다른 셰프들과 매니저들도 성�
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US celebrity chefs to pay US$600,000 settlement over sexual harassment
In this file photo taken on May 24, 2019, US celebrity chef Mario Batali exits a courtroom in Boston, Massachusetts. US celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich agreed to pay US$600,000 in a settlement to 20 former employees over sexual harassment allegations, the New York Attorney General said Jul 23, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Joseph Prezioso)
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NEW YORK: US celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich agreed to pay US$600,000 in a settlement to 20 former employees over sexual harassment allegations, the New York Attorney General said Friday.
Saturday, 24 Jul 2021 11:29 AM MYT
Celebrity chef Mario Batali, 58, is arraigned on a charge of indecent assault and battery at Boston Municpal Court in Boston May 24, 2019. Reuters pic
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NEW YORK, July 24 ― US celebrity chefs Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich agreed to pay US$600,000 (RM2.53 million) in a settlement to 20 former employees over sexual harassment allegations, the New York Attorney General said yesterday.
A four-year investigation launched after accusations of sexual harassment were leveled against Batali concluded that “more than 20 employees were subjected to a hostile work environment in which female and male employees were sexually harassed by Batali, restaurant managers and other coworkers,” said a statement from the attorney general s office.
Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich Agree to Pay $600K as Settlement in Sexual Harassment Case
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Aside from paying the employees, the former co-host of The Chew , his former business partner and their management group must revise their training materials and submit biannual reports. Jul 24, 2021
Joe Bastianich have reached a settlement in their sexual harassment case. On Friday, July 23, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the former host of
The Chew , his former partner and their management group B&B hospitality agreed to pay a total of $600,000 to at least 20 workers.
The settlement came after four years of investigation by the attorney general s office. According to the agreement filed with the court, B&B, Batali, and Bastianich had engaged in unlawful sex discrimination and retaliation, in violation of state and city human rights laws at their restaurants Babbo, Lupa and the now-shuttered Del Posto.
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