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.
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The former Protocol Restaurant in Williamsville will pay $90,000 and take other steps to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The EEO sued the restaurant s owner and general manager, Paul Pelczynski, for sexually harassing female employees with inappropriate physical contact, among other things. If employees objected, they were fired, while others quit because they couldn t endure the hostile work environment.
The settlement requires Protocol to pay $90,000 to the women victimized by the harassment and requires Pelczynski abstain from management or supervision of restaurant employees for three years.
“I applaud the women who came forward and exposed the long-standing hostile work environment at Protocol Restaurant, and I hope this settlement provides some measure of justice for the workers,” said former EEOC Trial Attorney Elizabeth Fox-Solomon, who litigated this case along with Supervisory Trial Att
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.
An Amherst restaurant will pay $90,000 among other measures to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).