July 18, 2018
Two Illinois-based IHOP franchises have agreed to pay $875,000 to settle claims of offensive touching and a hostile work environment brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a sexual harassment suit, according to a consent decree filed Wednesday in Illinois federal court.
April 30, 2018
Intervening servers at a downstate Illinois IHOP franchise on Monday blasted the company's bid to escape a sexual discrimination suit launched by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying that the business incorrectly contends that they can't lob claims against it under the state's Gender Violence Act.
April 09, 2018
Restaurant franchiser IHOP on Friday asked an Illinois federal court to throw out an intervening claim filed by servers in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sexual discrimination suit, which adds the parent company plus franchise owners, cooks and servers who allegedly harassed the servers to two restaurant groups already named in the suit.
January 18, 2018
Two IHOP restaurant operators say the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has not met its obligations to discuss and remedy claims that several employees were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment, urging an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to deny the commission's request to find requirements were met before the complaint was filed.
September 19, 2017
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday filed suit in Illinois federal court against two restaurant groups that operate IHOP restaurants, claiming a class of female employees and one male employee were subjected to a sexually hostile work environment, including offensive touching and comments that forced them to quit.