Sexual Harassment Law Suits

Sexual harassment lawsuits occur when an employee feels emotionally distressed due to another employee, employer, or another person outside of the company. One recent sexual harassment lawsuit occurred when an employee of Pet Smart endured sexual harassment that was unwelcome by a store manager who engaged in grabbing his genitals while speaking to the female employee, as well as making explicit sexual comments and innuendoes. PetSmart was ordered to pay $125,000, due to their failure to stop the harassment, which is required by law. Additionally, the company was found to retaliate against the female manager in response to her complaint. This occurred when the store manager yelled at her and made belittling remarks in front of other employees. In addition to this, the female worker was followed around and given discipline despite having a good job performance, which eventually lead to her quitting.

Fast Facts

  • Any form of sexual harassment is illegal and unacceptable within the workplace
  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, does not allow retaliation by an employer when an employee complains against some form of discrimination
  • All employees have the right to complain about the occurrence of sexual harassment, without fear of retaliation

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  • Employment and Sexual Harassment

    An accurate depiction of the scope of employment sexual harassment in the United States is truly hard to qua...
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  • Effective Investigation of Sexual Harassment Claims

    Prompt, thorough and effective investigations are an integral part of an employer's prevention and correction ...
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    With the way that modern technology works, people now have the ability to talk not only over the phone, throug...
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  • Dealing with Sexual Harassment at Work

    Generally, harassment is any offensive behavior. It is triggered by practically anything that a harasser could...
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  • Definition of Harassment

      Sexual harassment can take many forms and is a type of sexual discrimination.  Proving sexual harassment can...
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