December 11th 2007
Sexual Harassment Suit Settled
Former Detroit Pistons superstar guard and current coach of the New York Knicks and his employer, Madison Square Gardens, were hit with an 11.6 million dollar sexual harrassment verdict recently. A female employee alleged that she was sexually harrassed in the workplace by the former Bad Boy and that his employer looked the other way. Well, the Defendants have agreed to ante up and pay the woman 11.5 million dollars to settle the case, rather than go through a lengthy and time consuming appeal. This will also put an end to a possible second trial against Isiah on issues that the jury did not determine at the first trial.
Many employers now bring in consultants to educate employees on issues of sexual harrassment in the workplace to avoid this type of scenario. Consultants, many of whom are lawyers defending these cases, specifically discuss the boundaries of acceptable behavior and often even show videos depicting improper conduct. Sexually harrassment is not just old fashioned groping, but rather the words and conduct of co-workers and employer that taint the work environment for the harrassed employee. It is amazing, with all of the public awareness and the efforts of employers to eliminate these behaviors, that many women cannot go to work without being sexually harrassed.
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