Employment Law
Jennifer Valvo
University of Phoenix
Business Law
BUS/415
David C. Cory, J. D.
May 22, 2008
Employment Law
There are several situations that had taken place with this individual sales manager. The events that will be discussed are from two female employees that encountered sexual harassment from this individual. The sexual harassment laws that protect the two female, what actions the company should have taken and how the situation should have been handled if it involved a union and so on.
On several occasions the new sales manger would walk into the author’s cubicle and start rubbing the author’s shoulders and arms. This action was not acceptable and the author kindly asked him to stop. The manager continued to perform these actions whenever he was speaking to the author. The author after not getting anywhere with the manager had a discussion with her immediate supervisor. The supervisor advised he would talk to the sales manager. The supervisor advised the author that he has said something to him before because he does it to him as well. The author advised that if it continued she was going to speak to their vice president. It did get better for a while and then it began again. The author was fed up and was not comfortable with being touched. The author spoke to the VP and the VP advised she would speak to him and take care of it. The VP advised that it really wasn’t that big of a deal because it was his culture, that they are touchy feely kind of people. The author advised she was sorry but she was uncomfortable with it. Again, nothing took place and the manager did it again. The author filed a complaint with human resources. During this ordeal, the manager star ...