Harassment lawsuit filed against NY Plaza Hotel

NEW YORK – Six current or former employees have filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against New York’s Plaza Hotel.

The bartenders, servers and hospitality co-ordinators say they were groped, catcalled and propositioned while working at the hotel’s Palm Court restaurant.

The suit says a manager cornered and forcibly kissed one of the women in a coat-check closet and shoved his hands down her pants during a performance review.

It says the women’s complaints were ignored and they were subjected to retaliation.

Various claims involve a period from late 2014 until the present.

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, which manages the Plaza, says harassment “has not and never will be tolerated.”

The company also says it does not retaliate against employees who raise claims “in good faith.”