©2024 Seyfarth Shaw LLP EEOC-INITIATED LITIGATION: 2043 EDITION | 41 in Bellevue, Redmond, Issaquah and Sammamish. Chipotle will also provide additional training to its HR investigators on how to conduct sexual discrimination and harassment investigations. Chipotle will also adopt and disseminate policies holding its supervisors and managers accountable for their compliance with its EEO policies and procedures. KEY CASES FILED IN FY 2023 EEOC v. V8 Motors LLC d/b/a Vicars Powersports, Civil Action No. 6:23-cv-00299 (E.D. Okla.) The EEOC filed a Title VII lawsuit against V8 Motors LLC d/b/a Vicars Powersports, a retailer of ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes, motorcycles and personal watercraft. The Complaint states that prior to April 2020, a female employee at Vicars Powersports was performing both finance manager and sales manager duties. She was the only woman working in the sales department. In April 2020, the dealership hired a new male general manager and a new male finance manager, and took away the female’s finance manager duties, reducing her role to sales manager. The new male managers immediately began subjecting the female employee to sexually offensive conduct and undermining her management authority. In August 2020, the dealership abruptly informed the employee that her sales manager position was being eliminated and she was terminated. Shortly thereafter, Vicars Powersports posted a message on Facebook announcing a less experienced male employee’s promotion to the woman’s former position, according to the EEOC. EEOC v. Chipotle Services, LLC, Civil Action No. 2:23-cv-02439 (D. Kan.) The EEOC has filed a Title VII lawsuit against Chipotle Services, LLC, a national restaurant chain. The Complaint states the company employed a teen as a line server. During the summer of 2021, an assistant manager began repeatedly asking her to remove her hijab, or headscarf, pressuring her to show him her hair. Despite the teen’s rejections and complaints to management, Chipotle failed to take action to stop the manager’s harassment. Chipotle’s inaction resulted in the manager escalating his abuse, ultimately grabbing and forcibly removing part of the teen’s hijab. After the teen reported the incident, Chipotle again failed to take prompt remedial action, and she was forced to submit her two weeks’ notice. Additionally, Chipotle retaliated against the teen by refusing to schedule her to work additional shifts unless she agreed to transfer locations, while allowing her harasser to continue working at the same location, according to the EEOC. EEOC St. Louis District Office DISTRICT PROFILE Director: David Davis Regional Attorney: Andrea Baran Merit Cases Filed in FY 2023: 7 (T-6th) Average Days Between Determination Letter & Failure to Conciliate: 155 Average Days Between Failure to Conciliate & Complaint: 109 Average Days Between Determination Letter & Complaint: 265 NE KS OK MO IL St. Louis
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