Preventing Harassment in the Workplace, presented by an EEOC Consultant

1. PREVENTING HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE. An Employer Workshop Host Agency: Workforce Solutions Javier Chacon EEO Consultants & Mediators www.eeocconsultant.com

23. CONDUCT WHICH IS UNREASONABLE OFFENSIVE:

24. ………… .. Industries, LLC, allowed PLASTIC MOLDING COMPANIES SUED BY EEOC FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT ………… .. Industries, LLC, allowed Dean Miller, a male supervisor, and other male co-workers, to harass press operator Cathy Johnson and other women at the Sherman plant. The EEOC says the female workers were forced to endure myriad sexually explicit comments and propositions, and many of the victims were grabbed and touched by Miller. Several women quit because of the harassment, and one woman quit her job after Miller phoned her at work threatening to sexually assault her in the employees' parking lot. Although several complaints were made by victims to management, the company failed to properly investigate complaints and stop the misconduct, the EEOC contends. … FRED MEYER STORES TO PAY $485,000 FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION … the company's practice of harassing female employees occurred during 2004 through 2005 at the Fred Meyer Oregon City store. The EEOC says the sexually hostile work environment started at the top, with illegal conduct by the store director and operations manager. The EEOC further asserted in the litigation that the store director and operations manager repeatedly subjected females to graphic sexual discussions, unwanted touching, and requests for sexual favors.

28. HARASSMENT APPLIES TO: Race Ethnicity Color AGE

29. CONDUCT WHICH IS UNREASONABLY OFFENSIVE: REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD

30. LOCKHEED MARTIN TO PAY $2.5 MILLION TO SETTLE RACIAL HARASSMENT HONOLULU __ The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a major settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Lockheed Martin, the world's largest military contractor, for $2,500,000 and other relief on behalf of an African American electrician who was subjected to a racially hostile work environment at several job sites nationwide - including threats of lynching and the "N-word." EEOC SUES KMART FOR AGE HARASSMENT , RETALIATION EEOC charged in its suit that the pharmacy manager of a Kmart in Honolulu subjected the ,woman to age-based Insults, such as telling her she was "too old to work," that she "should retire, should retire from pharmacy work now," and other discriminatory conduct. Although Kmart received notice of the harassment, the company failed to take appropriate action to investigate and correct the hostile workplace, as the law requires. Instead, the EEOC said, Kmart subjected the woman to a hostile work environment by berating her for lack of competence, discriminatory comments In performance evaluations, telling her again to retire, and wrongfully accusing her of regulatory Violations. Finally, the pharmacist was forced to resign to escape the discriminatory conduct.

31. SWISSOTEL PAYS DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED EMPLOYEE $90,000 TO SETTLE EEOC HARASSMENT SUIT The EEOC charged in its suit that Swissotel violated the ADA by permitting two supervisors at its downtown Chicago hotel to harass the employee because of his developmental disability. Specifically, the EEOC said, the employee was repeatedly called "retarded" by his supervisors. Further, the EEOC charged, Swissotel then terminated the employee because of his disability. EEOC SUES KMART FOR AGE HARASSMENT , RETALIATION EEOC charged in its suit that the pharmacy manager of a Kmart in Honolulu subjected the ,woman to age-based Insults, such as telling her she was "too old to work," that she "should retire, should retire from pharmacy work now," and other discriminatory conduct. Although Kmart received notice of the harassment, the company failed to take appropriate action to investigate and correct the hostile workplace, as the law requires. Instead, the EEOC said, Kmart subjected the woman to a hostile work environment by berating her for lack of competence, discriminatory comments In performance evaluations, telling her again to retire, and wrongfully accusing her of regulatory Violations. Finally, the pharmacist was forced to resign to escape the discriminatory conduct .