A franchisee of Fayetteville-based restaurant chain Slim Chickens has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Simply Slims LLC owns 13 Slim Chickens locations, including one in Hot Springs. It was sued by the EEOC in August 2023 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Hot Springs Division, saying it subjected teens and young adults to sexual harassment and a hostile work environment, both violations of federal law.

According to news release, the EEOC argued that Simply Slims received two complaints of sexual assault by a shift manager at the Hot Springs location on or before April of 2022. The suit claims Simply Slims allowed the harassment to continue, with four other young female worker

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