EEOC claim says Applebee’s told Black, gay worker to ignore slurs om ok who wore Conferate hat

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• GAY, BLACK APPLEBEE’S COOK WAS TOLD TO IGNORE CO-WORKERS’ SLURS
• APPLEBEE’S EMPLOYEE SAYS HE WAS GAY-BASHED BY CO-WORKER’S HBAND, THEN FIRED DUE TO BAD PUBLICY
• EEOC CLAIM SAYS APPLEBEE’S TOLD BLACK, GAY WORKER TO IGNORE SLURS OM OK WHO WORE CONFERATE HAT

GAY, BLACK APPLEBEE’S COOK WAS TOLD TO IGNORE CO-WORKERS’ SLURS

The owners of an Applebee’s anchise rtrant Plant Cy, Florida mt pay $100, 000 to settle claims that allowed racist and homophobic discrimatn agast a gay Black employee. Shortly after Jebriel Teague, a gay Black man, began workg as a le ok for the Applebee’s anchise March 2019, two of his -workers — Cody Curby and Bobby Hogge — ma appropriate jok about his sexual orientatn, directg ments to him about dildos and anal beads on a near daily basis, and equently g the n-word as well as slurs like “f**, ” “f****t, ” and “bi**h, ” the plat stat. “No employee should have to endure homophobic and racist harassment by -workers, ” said EEOC Regnal Attorney Robert E.

“Failg to take rrective actn to rrect a work environment permeated wh racial and homophobic slurs, and, even worse, punishg an employee for reportg harassment, will not be tolerated. An Applebee’s anchise the Greater Tampa area has agreed to settle an Equal Employment Opportuny Commissn lawsu allegg that the pany failed to stop a barrage of racist and homophobic harassment directed agast one of s employe.

Acrdg to the EEOC plat, the employee, who is Black and gay, was subjected to near-nstant abe while workg at the rtrant, wh the two -workers utterg racial and homophobic slurs and ephets loud enough so he uld hear them. They also allegedly cracked homophobic jok about his sexual orientatn.

APPLEBEE’S EMPLOYEE SAYS HE WAS GAY-BASHED BY CO-WORKER’S HBAND, THEN FIRED DUE TO BAD PUBLICY

“No employee should have to endure homophobic and racist harassment by -workers, ” EEOC Regnal Attorney Robert Weisberg said a statement. Related: Computers n now predict if whe people are gay or straight.

In 2016, if someone approved of police vlence, owned a gun, supported the ath penalty, and agreed that “homosexual sex isn’t wrong at all, ” then they were probably whe, acrdg to the study. Gay man announc he will (likely) n for Mayor of New York Cy. A gay employee at a Wisns Applebee’s claims he was btally attacked by the hband of a -worker only to be told that he would no longer be wele at work.

EEOC CLAIM SAYS APPLEBEE’S TOLD BLACK, GAY WORKER TO IGNORE SLURS OM OK WHO WORE CONFERATE HAT

Phar said the asslt is not beg prosecuted as a hate crime spe the homophobic slur both he and his sister reported hearg. Phar don’t know what prompted the attack, though a lol source tells the Gazette his “behavr” had somethg to do wh : A few days earlier, Phar was treated abively by a ctomer who ma several rogatory and anti-gay ments. Phar was also disappoted when Applebee’s—which has a non-discrimatn policy that clus sexual orientatn and genr inty, and provis domtic partnership benefs—ially refed to remove homophobic ments om s Facebook page.

Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #gaybashg #hatecrime #wisns stori and more. A Florida le ok plaed that two of his -workers regularly harassed him bee he’s Black and gay, which “forced” him to qu. A le ok at a Plant Cy, Florida, Applebee’s has filed a claim wh the Equal Employment Opportuny Commissn claimg that two of his -workers harassed him bee he is Black and gay.

(Adobe Stock Photo)“No employee should have to endure homophobic and racist harassment by -workers, ” said EEOC Regnal Attorney Robert E. The post EEOC claim says Applebee’s told Black, gay worker to ignore slurs om ok who wore Conferate hat appeared first on TheGr.