CalEmployeeRights

Paramoor Settles Sex Harassment Claims

    Paramoor, Inc., a company that owns and operates 9 restaurants in the Sacramento area, settled a claim brought by the EEOC on behalf of two female line cooks.  The cooks alleged that they were sexually harassed by the kitchen manager and a fellow coworker.  The alleged harassment included lewd comments and gestures, questions about their personal sex lives, propositions, and slapping on their buttocks. Paramoor settled the claims for $60,000 and an agreement to provide sexual harassment training.  The settlement did not include any admission of guilt or liability. 

    An article written when the suit was originally filed can be found here, while an article discussing the settlement can be found here. 

    -- Michael Sachs

"Me Too" Evidence Can Establish Discrimination

            In Johnson v. United Cerebral Palsy/Spastic Children’s Foundation of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, ___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___ (No. B198888), the California Appeals Court held that “me too” evidence (evidence that other employees were discriminated against) could be used to establish discrimination in a plaintiff’s employment discrimination case. 

 

            In Johnson, the plaintiff alleged that she was fired because she was pregnant and took disability leave related to her pregnancy.  The employer moved for summary judgment arguing that Johnson was terminated for performance reasons and falsifying timesheets.  In addition to offering evidence that the employer’s reasons were false, in opposing the summary judgment, Johnson offered declarations by several former employees that they were terminated because of their pregnancy.

 

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