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Lawsuit Over Transgender Hostess' Firing At Westchester Applebee's Settled For $100K Lawsuit Over Transgender Hostess' Firing At Westchester Applebee's Settled For $100K
Lawsuit Over Transgender Hostess' Firing At Westchester Applebee's Settled For $100K The firing of a transgender employee at a Westchester Applebee’s over alleged sexual harassment has led to a $100,000 settlement following a lawsuit from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A Title VII lawsuit was filed by the EEOC last year against Apple Metro Inc., which operates Applebee’s in Westchester, following the alleged incident, which happened to an employee in Hawthorne. Staff members allegedly made inappropriate comments about the employee’s transgender status, referring to her with male names and pronouns and making repeated offensive comments regarding her genitals. …

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