Friday, September 3, 2010

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Fired for Facebook protest, worker sues for sexual harassment

A medical technician is seeking damages for civil rights violations, sexual harassment, and assault and battery after her supervisor allegedly harassed and assaulted her. She was fired shortly after a Facebook posting saying her boss need to “keep his creepy hands off” her. -db

Courthouse News Service
June 1, 2010
By Joe Harris

TOPEKA, Kan. (CN) – A medical [...]

Atherton: Pay-out to former police officer not reported to residents

In settling a claim by a retired police officer involving sexual harassment and disability, Atherton officials failed to make the settlement public until a month later. -DB

The Almanac
January 6, 2010
By Andrea Gemmet
Atherton officials said that the failure to inform residents about a $230,000 pay-out to a former police officer was an oversight, and one that [...]

A&A: Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

November 20, 2009 by Deborah Fruin  
Filed under Asked & Answered

Q: I have learned that a city councilman was sending text messages to a city intern, asking her for a date. I would like to file a CPR request for the text messages sent from his city issued Blackberry. I’m sure they (the councilman and the city attorney) would try to argue that such a [...]

California buy-out firm chills First Amendment

When the San Diego Reader asked Platinum Equity – who recently purchased another newspaper in town, the San Diego Union-Tribune – the nature of the dismissal of a case of sexual harassment brought by two former employees of Platinum, the firm sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Reader, warning them not to publish the letter [...]

No light shines on harassment settlements in California legislature

The California State Assembly and Senate have paid significant sums of money to settle harassment cases in the workplace but a 1968 open-records law keeps the details of the cases secret. -DB
Los Angeles Times
July 16, 2009
By Patrick McGreevy
Reporting from Sacramento—State Senate officials have secretly approved a $70,000 legal settlement that prohibits a staffer who accused a [...]