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Another fast food manager gets out of pocket and Taco Bell now has to pay $350,000 to two female employees as a result of an EEOC lawsuit.
In another case of sexual predator parading as management, really bad boss Terence E. Davis, a former Taco Bell manager, was accused of sexually assaulting a 16 year old female employee on her first day of work. When she left to go home following the assault, he even followed her. During their investigation, the EEOC also uncovered evidence that Davis had raped another 16 year old employee just five months earlier. Davis plead guilty to raping both women and is serving two concurrent eight year sentences. The EEOC tried to reach a voluntary settlement with the Irvine, California based Taco Bell Corporation, but was unsuccessful. In addition to the $350,000 payout, Taco Bell must maintain a written policy against sexual harassment and will distribute the policy to all employees.
The thing about written policies is that a lot of managers think the policies are there for subordinates, not them. In this case though, when you’ve got a boss who’s capable of raping two teenaged girls, you’re dealing with a sexual predator, and no amount of written policies will stop a predator. However, I do believe that because fast food work attracts younger employees, a fast food restaurant is obligated to be even more thorough in their screening of management. Sixteen year old girls are unlikely to recognize non-violent forms of sexual harassment and even less likely to report them.
This isn’t the first public case of out of control fast food managers. Burger King was sued recently after a general manager repeatedly propositioned a female subordinate for sex.
