A Former Equinox Employee Alleges Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
A former senior sales director at Equinox is suing the company, claiming the fitness brand is overrun with gender discrimination, discrimination against working mothers and sexual harassment, according to a class action lawsuit filed in New York City on behalf of the former employee.
A 20-year Equinox veteran, Jamie Piccolo started working for the company as a membership advisor in 2002, rising through the ranks to eventually become senior director of corporate accounts. But Piccolo alleges she has faced discrimination and harrasment throughout her two decades with Equinox.
“It would not be an understatement to say that Equinox’s workplace culture is uniquely and ubiquitously misogynistic and anti-women,” the lawsuit said. “Indeed, over and over again, Equinox’s female employees – particularly mothers – are subjected to egregious discrimination and sexual harassment, including sexual assault, and, like clockwork, Equinox turns a blind eye to this unlawful conduct and retaliates against those who are brave enough to report it.”
