Girlfriend Being Sexually Harassed By Boss

Hi, my girlfriend is going through hell at work right now. We need your help if you know what we should do…

My girlfriend works as assistant manager at a retail store in Pennsylvania and is being constantly sexually harassed by the store manager. The store manager has been making sexual comments about her body, in front of other employees and customers too. This has been happening for about half a year. My girlfriend reported it internally a month ago through the company HR portal, but no one has gotten back to us yet. Somewhere along the way some employees stood up for my girlfriend and expressed concern about the harassment they have been witnessing. This then led to the store manager retaliating recently by writing her up for incidents that never happened - complete fabrications. I won’t go into great detail now, to maintain anonymity, but it has become an extremely toxic work environment, where my girlfriend is now being singled out and pushed to quit essentially, or maybe be fired.

We reached out to a lawyer with the full details and we were told that we should file with the EEOC first and foremost. Has anyone had similar experiences? How did you or would you handle it? Our goal is to NOT quit, as we cannot afford the loss of income.

Thanks in advance for your contributions.