Tuesday, December 8, 2009

EEOC Sues Brooklyn Fishery for Racial Harassment

The EEOC filed suit Monday against a family-run fishmonger in Brooklyn charging bosses with racially and sexually harassing male employees. The suit, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, NY, says black workers were subjected to racial jokes and slurs. The lawsuit also alleges that managers at the fish business regularly grabbed and pinched male employees' buttocks and frequently jabbed fish hooks into male employees' buttocks.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/12/08/2009-12-08_fish_biz_in_reel_ugly_bias_case.html#ixzz0Z7FXTKLe