San Diego restaurant chain Swami’s Café has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that had accused a restaurant manager of creating a “highly sexualized work environment” and the chain’s owner of failing to address allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation.

Swami’s and its owner did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the settlement, but agreed to a two-year consent decree that outlines formal policies — including anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policies — that the chain’s restaurants and management must implement.

The consent decree also requires the restaurant chain to establish a new complaint process and to hire an independent monitor to conduct audits and oversee the implementation of all portions of

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