Nevada Restaurant Services to Pay $1.2M, Sign Three-Year EEOC Consent Decree

Nevada Restaurant Services, Inc. agreed to pay $1.2 million and implement a three-year, court-enforced consent decree to resolve a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit, the EEOC said after the decree was signed Oct. 14. The agency announced the settlement March 8, and the decree combines monetary relief with mandatory injunctive measures aimed at preventing future sexual harassment across NRS properties.

The EEOC action targeted alleged sexual harassment and constructive discharge, with KSNV reporting that the agency alleged since 2018 several male and female employees suffered verbal and physical sexual harassment from co-workers and supervisors. Other accounts, including the EEOC posting summarized by local outlets, say eligible claimants are current and former employees who experienced sexual harassment between 2019 to the present, a discrepancy the public statements record without resolving the different start dates.

Under the consent decree NRS will post a notice of the settlement and agreed to implement additional measures to deter and respond to incidents of sexual harassment. Local reporting listed specific remedies the company must add: new training for managers and human resources representatives, creation of an online complaint procedure, and hiring a monitor to ensure compliance with the decree. The EEOC description and news summaries both describe the monitor requirement, but none of the available excerpts named the monitor or provided a docket number for the court filing.

NRS operates Dotty’s, spelled Dottie's in one report, Bourbon Street Sports Bar, the Red Dragon chains, Hoover Dam Lodge, and Laughlin River Lodge Hotel & Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, according to local reporting and the EEOC notice. The EEOC said the agency’s Los Angeles district, which covers Las Vegas, handled the matter and provided a claims filing pathway: “Current and former employees who experienced sexual harassment between 2019 to the present can file a claim to receive a share of the $1.2 million settlement.” Claimants were directed to call 213-785-3095, option #5, or email LOSALegalClass5@eeoc.gov for information on filing.

Anna Park, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Los Angeles district, offered the agency’s assessment in the announcement: “We commend Nevada Restaurant Services for their cooperation in the early resolution of this lawsuit and agreeing to implement proactive measures to proactively address sexual harassment and to encourage employees to report harassment,” said Park, whose jurisdiction includes Las Vegas. “It is imperative that employers take great care to ensure that their workers are protected from sexual harassment by having effective policies and procedures and hold managers and supervisors accountable for worker safety.”

The public materials do not include a company statement from Nevada Restaurant Services, the year for the Oct. 14 signing date, a consent-decree docket number, or a breakdown of how the $1.2 million will be distributed among claimants. With the decree in effect for three years and enforcement tied to the court order, the settlement establishes monitored oversight of NRS’s harassment policies while current and former employees pursue potential shares of the fund.