Tavern on the Green to Pay $2.2 Million to Settle Claim of Harassment.

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]