Fired for Facebook protest, worker sues for sexual harassment
June 1, 2010 by donal brown
Filed under 1st Amendment News, Freedom of Speech / Press, News & Opinion
By Joe Harris
TOPEKA, Kan. (CN) – A medical technician claims she was fired after posting on Facebook that her boss needed to “keep his creepy hands off” her. She says she resorted to Facebook after suffering sexual harassment for years, and assault and battery.
DeBord says she always made it clear to Weaver that his actions were inappropriate, but his unwelcome touching continued almost daily during her employment with Mercy Health System of Kansas, from March 2004 to July 2009.
On July 6, 2009, she says, Weaver tried to hug her while she sat in her work area. That prompted her to post the comment on Facebook, which Weaver reported to the hospital’s human resources department, according to the complaint.
On July 13, DeBord says, she was fired for “disruption.”
DeBord claims Weaver sexually harassed other women at the hospital, including an X-ray technician who resigned because of the harassment.
Copyright 2010 Courthouse News Service
That girl isn’t the only one that has had to suffer though this creeps unwanted grabbing, shaking, and yelling at his staff. Someone should look into “the rest of the story”. There are many other ladies that would like to see this jerk sent away for a long time