Reputed threats, allegations and a sexually explicit photo: Just another day at the airport. A woman employed in customer service at U.S. Airways’ New Orleans Airport learned that a co-worker had posted a picture of her on his Facebook page. The picture showed the woman leaning over, exposing a portion of her underwear. She complained [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 3, 2012
A lawsuit surrounding a sexual harassment claim at the workplace had a unique quality: it was filed neither by the person making the accusation of sexual harassment nor by the person accused. Instead, the action was brought against Sears Holdings Corporation by a woman who was terminated soon after handling the investigation of the harassment [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 2, 2012
A woman’s lawsuit against her former employer was dismissed in a district court. Her appeal included a heap of evidence to support her argument, but did appellate judges see things differently? The woman was fired from Florida-based Interline Brands, Inc. for repeated absences and similar violations of the company’s attendance policy. The subsequent month, she [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 1, 2012
The owner/operator of a restaurant franchise in Florida will be paying 200,000 dollars to settle a suit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the lawsuit, which claims that the business allowed its female employees to be harassed by a customer. The action was brought against Hurricane Grill and [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 15, 2012
A company based in Texas has recently settled a sexual harassment and constructive discharge suit. The lawsuit had been filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of a former female employee. The settlement was reached just one day before the case was to be presented to a jury. The woman named [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 10, 2012
A former Waffle House waitress alleges that she had been sexually and racially harassed by a co-worker and her supervisor for a number of months. Her case took her to a district court and ended at the Court of Appeals. The woman, who is white, was hired to work at a Georgia Waffle House in [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 13, 2012
Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores of Virginia, Inc. will be paying 45,000 dollars to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. The suit was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for a female employee. According to a complaint filed by the EEOC, a woman was sexually harassed by her male store manager at a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 26, 2011
Appellate judges disagreed on a district court’s ruling in a sexual harassment case. The initial decision was in favor of the defendants, but a U.S. Court of Appeals was in support of the former employee who filed suit. A woman was hired as an executive assistant to the director of Baltimore’s Commission on Aging and [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 19, 2011
Employers will try various ways to engage their workers, be it office parties or a weekend activity away from the workplace. Asking an employee to attend such an outing is one thing, but demanding that they attend strip clubs or brothels is something entirely different. And also illegal, if allegations prove true. Two former employees [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 28, 2011
Sexual harassment in the workplace seemed to be on the backburner over the past decade or so, until Herman Cain and his scandal hit the media in recent weeks. Out of sight for sexual harassment at work does not necessarily mean out of mind. The number of sexual harassment complaints filed by employees continues to [...]
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