Sauder Schelkopf is investigating potential litigation against Applebee’s franchises for alleged sexual harassment of its employees. The fast-food industry employs a particularly vulnerable population. Teenagers make up 18% of restaurant workers. Many teenagers have been involved in dozens of sexual-harassment suits filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against national fast-food chains. Teen workplace sexual harassment is historically underreported problem. In the fast-food world, the close quarters, uneven power dynamics, and age of some of the workers make it an especially dangerous breeding ground for sexual harassment. Read more……..
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Sauder Schelkopf has a nationally recognized sexual misconduct practice. We currently represent victims of clergy sexual abuse in the Pennsylvania and Arkansas dioceses. We have a class action lawsuit pending on behalf of former males who were sexually abused by Dr. Richard Strauss while they were students and student-athletes at Ohio State University (“OSU”). Read about our OSU case here. We also represent females who were patients of Dr. George Tyndall, a gynecologist at the University of Southern California accused of sexually assaulting students since the 1990s. Read about our USC case here.
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