‘hostile work environment’ Archives
Boh Brothers Construction loses male-on-male sexual harassment lawsuit
The EEOC announced that a federal jury awarded Kerry Woods, a former ironworker at Boh Bros. Construction Co., $451,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. Woods claimed that his boss created a hostile work environment by verbally harassing Woods and exposing himself to Woods. After Woods complained about his boss' sexual harassment, the [...]
Marc Jacobs president Robert Duffy accused of creating hostile work environment
Former Marc Jacobs International COO Patrice Lataillade filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the company. Lataillade accuses Marc Jacobs president Robert Duffy of creating a sexually hostile work environment where Duffy allegedly made employees look at gay porn and nude picutures of coworkers. Read more at New York Daily [...]
NY handyman files hostile work environment lawsuit after boss repeatedly calls him “midget”
Juan Pablo Pichardo filed a hostile work environment lawsuit against his employer, Rose Associates. Pichardo claims that his boss, Moises Guimet, repeatedly called him a "midget," slapped him on his head, and posted several pictures of dwarfs on his locker. Read more at NY Daily News ——————– Got a tip about a bad boss [...]
Glendale Police Department suspends officers following hostile work environment allegations
The Glendale Police Department, which has been the subject of multiple discrimination lawsuits in the past year, has placed a number of its officers on administrative leave following a number of problematic incidents. According to the Los Angeles Times, "One involves alleged sexual solicitation and the other involves allegations that an [...]
Multiple discrimination lawsuits filed against Glendale Police Department
At least eight police officers filed discrimination lawsuits against the Glendale Police Department last year. In August 2010, Police Lt. Susan Hayn filed a sex discrimination lawsuit after allegedly being subjected to discrimination and a hostile work environment. Police department officers and Glendale city officials named in the complaint [...]
Virginia Tech sex discrimination lawsuits to proceed to trial
Two sex discrimination lawsuits filed by former female employees of Virginia Tech are scheduled to go to trial in April and June. In the first lawsuit, Shana Kennedy Maron, Erin Hofberg, and Getra Hanes claim that female employees of the Virginia Tech fundraising department received lower salaries than their male counterparts. In the second [...]
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