‘bad bosses’ Archives
Connecticut court clerk sues bosses for hostile work environment
Habibah Abdul-Hakeem, a former clerk at the Norwich Superior Court in Connecticut, has filed a hostile work environment lawsuit against two of her bosses, Deputy Chief Clerk Cara Parkinson and Deputy Clerk Corrine McCarthy. According to the Norwich Bulletin, "Abdul-Hakeem claims McCarthy 'habitually ridiculed the speech patterns of [...]
The top sexual harassment cases of all time
HR World compiled a list of the top 20 sexual harassment cases of all time. The list contains "history-making," "bizarre," and “borderline unbelievable” sexual harassment cases. The "history-making" cases include: Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky: In what might be the most famous presidential scandal in our nation's history, Bill Clinton's [...]
Former Oshkosh Corporation boss allegedly fired for reporting discrimination and sexual harassment
Scott Sherwood, a former global manufacturing systems manager at Oshkosh Corporation, has filed a lawsuit against the company for allegedly retaliating against him and firing him after he reported several incidents of racial and sexual discrimination and sexual harassment that he had witnessed. According to The Northwestern: The complaint [...]
Novartis ordered to pay $250 million in sex discrimination lawsuit
Amid multiple allegations of discrimination, gender bias, and abuse, including rape, Big Pharma giant Novartis was ordered to pay $250 million in punitive damages to a group of 5,600 female employees. In May 2010, a unanimous jury verdict ordered the Swiss pharmaceutical company to pay $3.3 million in compensatory damages to 12 female former sales [...]
ABM Industries pays $5.8 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuit
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that ABM Industries, Inc., together with two of its subsidiaries, ABM Janitorial Services, Inc. and ABM Janitorial Services Northern California, Inc. will pay $5.8 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit that was filed on behalf of 21 Hispanic female janitorial [...]
Salmonella egg recall company previously accused of hostile work environment and sexual harassment
In the midst of the massive US FDA recall of more than 500 million eggs due to salmonella contamination, federal officials say that there is a common thread running through the problem: DeCoster Farms. DeCoster Farms is one of the top ten egg producers in the country and is no stranger to complaints about health, safety, and human and animal [...]
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