Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Nashville, TN: (Mar-23-07) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed charges against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in 2004 alleging that an investigation uncovered multiple instances of sexual harassment against female employees in three Illinois restaurants, as well as discrimination harassment of black employees. The suit revealed that the harassment of women at the Cracker Barrel facilities included circulation of pornographic photographs and cartoons, obscene jokes, sexual propositions, groping, and sexual assaults, which were ignored by superior authorities who personally propagated the behavior. Cracker Barrel entered into a settlement with a total of 51 employees, agreeing to pay a total of $2 million collectively. [NASHVILLE CITY PAPER: CRACKER BARREL HARASSMENT]

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Published on Mar-26-07