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Ignoring Sexual Harassment Just Got More Expensive: Five Tips To Prevent Lawsuits

My first job after graduate school was working for the U.S. federal government in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). A few months into the job, a woman air traffic controller sued her boss and co-workers in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for creating an offensive, intimidating, and hostile work environment at the tune of $1 mi...

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Thu Sep 14 2006

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My first job after graduate school was working for the U.S. federal government in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). A few months into the job, a woman air traffic controller sued her boss and co-workers in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for creating an offensive, intimidating, and hostile work environment at the tune of $1 million. It still makes me cringe to think about what they did, they managed to flash pornographic photos across her computer screen while she was making sure airplanes were flying and landing safely. OPM mandated sexual harassment training for all supervisors and managers in the FAA and I designed and facilitated the first-ever sexual harassment training for the federal government. That was in the 1980s. I wish I could say that we have learned a lot since then, but the workplace is still rampant with sexual harassment claims and lawsuits.

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