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Federal agency sues Subway franchise owner, claims manager of Provo location sexually abused teen employee
A Utah-based franchise that operates more than 20 Subway sandwich shops in the state, including in Utah County, is facing a lawsuit by a federal agency that believes company leaders didn’t do enough to protect a teenage employee from alleged sexual assault. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, announced the charges last Friday in a lawsuit against Franchise Management LLC. The agency alleges that a male manager of a Subway location in Provo sexually harassed and assaulted a 16-year-old male employee in the workplace. As alleged in the lawsuit, the manager, who ...
