‘harassment’ Archives
Racist bad boss costs Holmes & Holmes Industrial $230,000
A racist bad boss at Holmes & Holmes Industrial has cost the Utah-based construction company $230,000. Holmes & Holmes agreed to pay the $230,000 to three former employees to settle an EEOC racial harassment and retaliation lawsuit that [...]
EEOC claims bad bosses at Olympia Construction racially harassed 3 black employees
The EEOC has filed a racial harassment lawsuit against Alabama-based Olympia Construction. According to the EEOC, two bad bosses at Olympia Construction created a racially hostile work environment for three African-American employees. The EEOC [...]
TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington accused of assaulting former coworker
The website Gawker claims to have uncovered allegations of a former coworker of Michael Arrington who accused the TechCrunch founder of assaulting her in 1999 in a hotel room while the two attended a conference on behalf of a company called [...]
Kintetsu International Express to pay $77,500 to settle hostile work environment and retaliation lawsuit
Kintetsu International Express, a leading travel agency, has agreed to pay $77,500 to settle an EEOC disability discrimination and hostile work environment lawsuit. The EEOC had claimed that an employee at Kintetsu's Maui, Hawaii office was [...]
100,000 employment discrimination and harassment complaints filed with the EEOC in 2012
In 2012 the EEOC received 99,412 private sector workplace discrimination and/or harassment complaints. This is slightly less than in 2011, when the EEOC received 99,947 discrimination and/or harassment complaints. The most frequently filed [...]
Energy Northwest discrimination lawsuit
Susan Howell, a former security guard at the Energy Northwest nuclear power plant in Richland, Washington, has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Energy Northwest. Howell claims that she was discriminated against because she is a woman [...]
