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Sexual Harassment Facts
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| Spotlight on Gender Discrimination |
July, 2008 |
$2 Million Awarded in Wal-Mart Bias Suit
A Massachusetts state jury awarded almost $2 million to a former Wal-Mart employee after finding out that the retailer underpaid her and then fired her as a result of gender discrimination.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has been bombarded with complaints of underpaying its workers. It is also facing the biggest sexual discrimination case in US history.
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Sexual harassment is a legal term, created for the purpose of ending maltreatment and discrimination against women in the workplace.
The term sexual harassment is perpetually being redefined and broadened in legislation and court decisions. However, not all sexual behavior in the workplace is harassment, and the laws against sexual discrimination do not extend to situations outside the workplace or school.
Unwelcome advances, requests for favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a such nature constitutes maltreatment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual's employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. Sexual harassment can occur in a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to the following:
- The victim as well as the harasser may be a woman or a man. The victim does not have to be of the opposite sex.
- The harasser can be the victim's supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker, or a non-employee.
- The victim does not have to be the person harassed but could be anyone affected by the offensive conduct.
- Unlawful sexual discrimination may occur without economic injury to or discharge of the victim.
- The harasser's conduct must be unwelcome.
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- In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Lawsuit Alleg...
U.S. Department of Justice, Jun 19, 2008
five female employees subjected to sexual harassment by a supervisor that resulted in a hostile work environment, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights A...
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- Wal-Mart to Pay $315,000 to Settle Two EEOC S...
EEOC, Jun 05, 2008
Settlements of separate employment discrimination lawsuits filed against Wal-Mart Stores...
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- Justice Department Settles Sexual Harassment ...
U.S. Department of Justice, May 22, 2008
Justice Department Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Richmond, Missouri Landlord...
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- McDonald’s Franchise to Pay $505,000 for Sexu...
EEOC, Apr 24, 2008
The harassment allegedly included the supervisor biting the breasts and grabbing the buttocks of the class members, making numerous sexual comments...
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- In Missouri, Justice Department Settles Sexua...
Department of Justice, Apr 10, 2008
Settlement to resolve a lawsuit, filed in 2006 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, alleging sexual harassment of female tenants...
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Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination, which is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC guidelines define two types: "quid pro quo" and "hostile environment."
If you feel you have been a victim of sexual harassment, contact an attorney today! Our sexual harassment lawyers can assist you with you case.
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