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EEOC sues employer, alleges transgender employees were subjected to harassment at Carbondale Wendy's

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WASHINGTON, (WSIL) -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing an employer for sex discrimination in connection to a harassment lawsuit at Wendy's in Carbondale.

The EEOC filed the lawsuit on October 1, against Starboard Group, Inc. doing business as Wendy's, and Starboard with Cheese LLC, as a case in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

The EEOC stated in its lawsuit, the agency charged the Wendy's location in Carbondale subjected a class of transgender employees to persuasive sexual harassment which includes misgendering, graphic sexual comments, unequal access to bathrooms, intrusive questions and degrading conduct based on gender identity.

“Harassment in the workplace based on gender identity is sex discrimination, and it’s against the law,� said EEOC General Counsel Karla Gilbride. “Transgender people have the same rights as everyone else to be safe at work and to have their humanity respected. Employers who treat transgender employees worse than their coworkers or allow them to be harassed without taking steps to stop the abuse should know that those actions may have legal consequences.�

The EEOC filed the lawsuit to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal agency announced.

The EEOC released the following in a release...

EEOC v. Starboard Group, Inc., d/b/a Wendy’s, and Starboard with Cheese LLC, Case 3:24-cv-02260 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. In its lawsuit, the agency charged that the Wendy’s Carbondale, Illinois location subjected a class of transgender employees to pervasive sexual harassment including repeatedly subjecting the transgender employees to misgendering, graphic sexual comments, unequal access to bathrooms, intrusive questions, and degrading conduct based on gender identity. Employees said supervisors inquired about their genitalia and forbade them from using restrooms consistent with their gender identity, co-workers referred to them as “it� and often misgendered them even after being corrected. The conduct altered the terms or conditions of employment and Wendy’s terminated one member of the class and retaliated against the others when it reduced their hours for opposing the harassment. The company also refused to update company records to reflect legal name changes.

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