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Tavern on the Green, the landmark restaurant in Central Park, agreed on Monday to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit in which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had accused it of severe sexual and racial discrimination. The commission said that the restaurant had ''engaged in severe and pervasive'' sexual and racial harassment of female, black and Hispanic employees. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Kerry Leishman's boss did not bother to say, ''You're fired,'' face to face. He sent her the news in a text message. ''He wrote, 'I wanted to do this in person, but I'm sick,' '' she said, recalling how she lost her bartending job at a financial district restaurant. '' 'Don't come in, but drop off the keys.' '' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]