The High Price Of Supervisor Inattention Theowner of a restaurant chain in Denver, Colo., called the EPLhotline with a request for advice on an internal investigation ofcomplaints of workplace harassment. The company employs more than300 workers at 10 different locations in Denver and itssuburbs.

The company has an anti-discrimination-harassment personnelpolicy which affords employees the opportunity to complain to theirown supervisor, or alternatively, to another member of managementif the employee feels uncomfortable in addressing their concernswith the immediate supervisor.

Five different employees have asserted complaints within thelast two weeks. Three of the employees also allege that they hadcomplained previously to a supervisor, but that nothing was done bythe company in response to the complaints. As a result, they saythey have suffered from additional acts of workplace harassment anddiscrimination at the hands of individuals they had previouslycomplained about.