Labor & Employment Law Daily Wrap Up, EEOC NEWS—Chicken restaurant will pay $300K to settle sexual harassment claims, (Nov 14, 2025)

By Brandi O. Brown, J.D.

Slim Chickens failed to remedy multiple of complaints of harassment from young female workers involving the same shift manager.

In its first indication of results since the shutdown ended, yesterday the EEOC announced that it had reached a settlement with Simply Slims, L.L.C., doing business as Slim Chickens, whereby the employer will pay $300,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the federal agency.

Unresolved complaints about manager. Slim Chickens, based out of Arkansas, has more than 200 locations, and franchisee operator Simply Slims, L.L.C. owns 13 locations in Arkansas, including the one implicated by the agency’s lawsuit. According to that suit, the company received two complaints of sexual harassment by a shift manager at the Hot Springs location by April 2022, but it made no move to remedy the concerns. In July, four more young female workers complained of sexual harassment by the same shift manager.

Money, policy, training. The EEOC filed suit after first trying to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process. Now, a federal judge has entered the two-year consent decree resolving the charge. In addition to the $300,000 monetary payment, the settlement requires the employer to revise and distribute its sexual harassment policy and provide sexual harassment training to all employees for two years.

“As young people step into today’s work environment, many continue to experience harassment,” said Faye Williams, regional attorney for EEOC’s Memphis District Office. “This case sends a clear message to employers: the EEOC is steadfast in its commitment to eliminating discrimination and ensuring that all workers are protected from harassment in the workplace.”

The lawsuit was filed in the Western District of Arkansas; the case is No. 6:23-cv-06090.

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