Greensboro restaurant faces sexual harassment suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continues to pursue litigation against North Carolina employers when it believes federal discrimination laws have been violated. Most recently, the agency filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina claiming a fast-food restaurant in Greensboro allowed a female employee to be sexually harassed by a manager and then retaliated against her for complaining.

Training program proposition

On March 20, 2020, Bojangles’ Restaurants Inc. hired Keisha Tibbs. The general manager (GM) of the Greensboro restaurant supervised her during her employment.

On April 9, the GM called Tibbs at 9:30 p.m. while she was at home. He first informed her that she had been selected for a shift manager training program and confirmed her desire to participate. According to the lawsuit, he then proceeded to subject her to various sexually harassing comments that included: