The lawsuit details a culture of repeated sexual harassment at the location, with workers being locked in the walk-in refrigerator with employees or supervisors of the opposite gender against their will on multiple occasions.
for sexual harassment she faced while working at their Bellevue location, and she claims that the company didn’t do enough to stop the harassment.
Quezada’s harassment culminated in an incident where the two of them were locked in the walk-in refrigerator and Quezada made advancements at Jara, according to the suit. Upon fighting back against her harasser, Jara says other employees were instructed not to speak to her as punishment for making things difficult.
In a statement to MyNorthwest, Ezell’s said that they would cooperate in investigating the allegations.