Alexandria Lipton, 25, and Kristen McRedmond, 27, filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against the Sutton Place Bar and Restaurant, accusing their former bosses of ordering female employees to be weighed as part of a scheme to keep track of their weight.
The two women claim they were humiliated and sexually harassed by their boss, who kept tabs on waitresses' poundage by ordering some of them onto a scale in the restaurant's office.
The two ex-employees are represented by attorney Rosemarie Arnold, who said Redmond physically resisted when a beefy manager tried to pick her up to get her on the scale while another manager looked on.
Arnold said no men were subjected to being weighed; only female workers were singled out for the weigh-ins.
The lawsuit seeks $15 million for each of 11 counts.
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