August 17, 2026
An Italian restaurant chain will pay $3 million to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit alleging it disregarded a male supervisor's sexual comments and rude gestures toward female employees, according to a California federal court filing.
March 12, 2024
A California-based Italian restaurant chain must face a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging male supervisors regularly made sexual comments and gestures toward female employees, though a federal judge ruled the agency hadn't provided enough detail to back up its class claims.
August 24, 2022
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a proposed class action Wednesday that a California-based Italian restaurant chain allowed supervisors to make sexually explicit and derogatory comments toward female employees and did nothing when the women complained.