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).
The townâs selectboard voted to accept the settlement after entering executive session on Nov. 24.
After he was terminated in October 2019, Fisher filed a charge of harassment with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Fisher, who was the departmentâs only Black officer, alleged he was subjected to workplace harassment while working for the Shelburne Police Department.
In the resolution passed by the selectboard that night, the town said it was authorizing the payment âwhile admitting no liability.â
The motion passed unanimously.
Shelburne will pay $56,250, or half of the total settlement amount. The other half will be paid by the Vermont League of Cities and Towns Property and Casualty Intermunicipal Fund, the townâs liability insurer.
Allegheny Health Network on Thursday announced the appointment of a vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Veronica Villalobos will fill the position, working closely with AHN’s recently hired Chief Clinical Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew. Together, they’ll strive to build an inclusive workforce and address health disparities among patients and within the region.
“I’m really excited to work with Dr. Pettigrew and other parts of the leadership team at AHN to really improve health care for everyone and to improve the work environment for all the professionals that we have on staff,” Villalobos said. “When you create an environment where they feel valued and like they belong, they’re going to create a wonderful experience for the patients and that really is the goal.”