Hostile environment suit needn’t include ‘sex’ claims 
Published: May 22, 2012
Tags: hostile work environment, sexual harassment
A female public employee could sue for hostile work environment under state law – even if the alleged offending conduct fell outside the definition of “sexual harassment,” the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
Partner can sue partnership for retaliation
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: retaliation, sexual harassment
A partner in a professional medical practice could sue the partnership for retaliating against her based on her opposing the sexual harassment of employees, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing judgment.
Labor contractor agrees to settle harassment suit
Published: May 17, 2012
Tags: California, sexual harassment
A California farm labor contractor has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal agency’s suit on behalf of female vineyard workers in Sonoma and Mendocino counties who said a crew supervisor harassed them with crude remarks and demanded sex to keep their jobs.
HR director can’t sue for Title VII retaliation
Published: May 11, 2012
Tags: Faragher/Ellerth, retaliation, sexual harassment, Title VII
A human resources director could not sue for Title VII retaliation based on an allegation that she was fired for participating in an internal investigation into sexual harassment, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Landlord and sex offender settle Fair Housing Act case for $2 million
Published: May 10, 2012
Tags: Fair Housing Act, landlord, New York, sex offender, sexual harassment
A New York landlord who had employed as a superintendent a registered sex offender who had sexually harassed female tenants has reached a $2 million settlement with the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
City settles same-sex harass suit for $150,000
Published: April 25, 2012
Tags: California, police, same-sex harassment, sexual harassment
The city of Concord, Calif. has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a civilian community service officer who said she was sexually harassed by the highest-ranking woman in the Police Department, attorneys in the case said.
Harassment suit settled for $6M after $95M verdict
Published: April 5, 2012
Tags: assault, sexual harassment
Rental company Aaron’s Inc. has settled a sexual harassment suit brought by a former employee for $6 million. The deal comes less than a year after a federal jury awarded the woman $95 million.
Jury awards jail employee $60,000 in harassment suit
Published: March 16, 2012
Tags: jail, Kentucky, sexual harassment
A jury has awarded a corporal at the Fayette County, Ky. Detention Center $60,000, agreeing that she was sexually harassed on the job in 2009.
City to settle gender discrimination suit
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: gender discrimination, New York, police, sexual harassment
The Syracuse Common Council has approved paying $375,000 to settle a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit filed in 2009 by a female officer of the Police Department.
Fire department to pay nearly $500,000 to settle case
Published: February 13, 2012
Tags: California, Discrimination, firefighter, religious discrimination, sexual harassment
A federal agency says the Los Angeles Fire Department will pay nearly $500,000 to settle a firefighter’s federal discrimination case.
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