New York Sexual Harassment Lawyer Blog

According to a recent article in The New York Times, sexual harassment exists in one of New York City’s most prominent restaurants. The article describes the sexual harassment of Martha Nyakin Gatkouth, an émigré from Ethiopia, while she worked as the hostess at Tavern on the Green, one of the most famous restaurants in New York City.

“It was a daily thing,” she states. “I felt scared, terrified, embarrassed, sad.” After having her case dropped by the Manhattan District Attorney, Gatkouth went to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which opened an investigation. Although other employees admitted to being sexually harassed, none were willing to come forward for fear of workplace retaliation.

The New York Law Journal recently reported that a prominent New York law firm has filed a countersuit against a former Partner. The firm accuses the former Partner, who had originally filed a defamation suit against the firm, of “extremely inappropriate personal conduct,” claiming he had a “pattern of [making] suggestive comments, sexual innuendo, sexual propositions, sexually-oriented teasing, gender-specific jokes and obscene gestures” to other employees.