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Lawsuit Filed Against Long Beach Yacht Club for Alleged Pregnancy-Based Harassment and Retaliation
According to the lawsuit, the Yacht Club’s executive chef insulted the worker’s work ethic when she requested shorter shifts because of her pregnancy and questioned whether such accommodations were necessary. The executive chef allegedly mocked her in front of kitchen staff after she extended her maternity leave in 2024 because she was struggling with post-partum depression. The complaint also alleges that the executive chef timed her restroom breaks when she was pregnant and scolded her if he thought she took too long. He allegedly scolded her so often that at times she urinated herself instead of using the restroom just to avoid discipline.
Read the full press release here.
PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Filed Against Long Beach Yacht Club for Alleged Pregnancy-Based Harassment and Retaliation
Long Beach, Calif.: Julianne Perez filed a lawsuit against the Long Beach Yacht Club alleging that she endured sex-based harassment and retaliation while working at the private club. The lawsuit follows a complaint Ms. Perez filed with the California Civil Rights Department in April, in which she alleged that the Yacht Club failed to correct the retaliation and harassment Ms. Perez she allegedly endured during her two pregnancies between 2023 and 2025.
According to the lawsuit, the Yacht Club’s executive chef insulted Ms. Perez’s work ethic when she requested shorter shifts because of her pregnancy and questioned whether such accommodations were necessary. The executive chef allegedly mocked Ms. Perez in front of kitchen staff after she extended her maternity leave in 2024 because she was struggling with post-partum depression. The complaint also alleges that the executive chef timed Ms. Perez’s restroom breaks when she was pregnant and scolded her if he thought she took too long. He allegedly scolded her so often that at times she urinated herself instead of using the restroom just to avoid discipline.
The lawsuit further alleges that Ms. Perez and fellow employees, including a former manager, reported the executive chef’s harassment to the Yacht Club’s Human Resources department on multiple occasions, but failed to take proper corrective action. The executive chef remains employed at the Yacht Club.
Ms. Perez was scheduled to return from maternity leave on August 5, 2026. However, according to the lawsuit, the Yacht Club’s failure to end the executive chef’s harassment of Ms. Perez forced her to resign from her
position two days before her scheduled return.
“I am filing this lawsuit to hold the Long Beach Yacht Club accountable and to stand up for every woman who has faced harassment or mistreatment in the workplace, especially during pregnancy. No woman should ever have to choose between protecting herself and her unborn child and keeping her job. I’m speaking up not only for myself, but in the hope that no other woman at the Yacht Club will ever have to endure what I did. I want accountability, I want change, and I want women to know they deserve to feel safe, respected, and protected at work.”
The Long Beach Yacht Club is a private club located on public land. Workers at the club are currently negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement with UNITE HERE Local 11 to secure the protections and dignified working conditions all workers, including pregnant women, deserve.
Ms. Perez is represented by Lauren Teukolsky of Teukolsky Law and Jeremy Blasi of UNITE HERE Local 11.
Signal Tribune: Two women file harassment claims against Long Beach Yacht Club
“The two women, Julianne Perez and Vanessa Wainer, allege they experienced verbal abuse, intimidation and harassment from the club’s executive chef, Ken Haselwood, whom they say specifically targeted pregnant women. In their complaints, they say they raised their concerns with the club’s human resources department and the Long Beach Yacht Club General Manager Norm Rich multiple times over the last three years and their concerns were never addressed.”
MORNINGSTAR: Two Women Filed Sex-Based Harassment Complaints with the Civil Rights Department Against the Long Beach Yacht Club
Support Pregnant Women at the Long Beach Yacht Club
Two workers at the Long Beach Yacht Club filed complaints with the California Civil Rights Department for the alleged sex-based harassment the two mothers endured while working at the Yacht Club. Both allege that the private club failed to respond appropriately to repeated complaints of sex-based harassment, specifically against pregnant women, that took place over the course of multiple years at the private club.
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Support the workers of the Long Beach Yacht Club
Management wants to eliminate the service charge—a practice that has been in place for decades. For us, the service charge is steady, reliable income that we depend on to pay our rent and bills. We have discussed this among ourselves and voted unanimously—every worker wants to keep it.
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Veronica Lawrence from the Long Beach Yacht Club
WORKERS AT THE RESIDENCE INN LONG BEACH GO PUBLIC
Union members, clergy, and community leaders joined the workers of the Residence Inn by Marriott Long Beach as they took the brave step of going public and are asking for a fair process to organize to join the union and bring dignity and respect to their workplace.
Click here to see an album of the delegation. ¡Sí se puede!
WORKERS AT THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB ARE FIGHTING FOR A NEW CONTRACT
Workers at the Long Beach Yacht Club are fighting for a new contract. Management wants to take away the Service Charge in the new contract and is offering minimum raises. Servers and bartenders at the Yacht Club have relied on the service charge to pay their bills and raise their families. Adding insult to injury the club has offered a 40¢ raise over three years to all back of the house workers, some who have worked there for over 45 years!
PICKET LINE AT THE LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB
Nothing like a Sunday afternoon picket at the Long Beach Yacht Club! Workers united for a better contract!