Sports bar settles over harasment

The operator of an Albuquerque sports bar has agreed to pay $700,000, implement new training requirements and take other steps to settle federal civil rights officials’ allegations that the business subjected workers to sex-based harassment and retaliation.

Ojos Locos Sports Cantina denied engaging in any unlawful sexual harassment, retaliation or other unlawful conduct alleged by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission but agreed to apologize to a former female worker who allegedly was fired because she complained about the alleged mistreatment.

The EEOC said a manager texted a photo of his penis to that worker.

The agency also said at least 12 women at the Ojos Cantina in Uptown were forced to endure “pervasive, egregious and unwelcome conduct” that included requests to show more cleavage in their uniforms and text requests for sex.