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NEW YORK, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday said it filed a federal lawsuit against Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV.N: Quote, Profile, Research), charging that the airline allowed persistent sexual harassment of female employees at Oakland International Airport.
The suit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, says that despite a history of complaints of verbal and physical abuse by a serial harasser, the Dallas-based discount carrier issued only written warnings and a short suspension to the perpetrator.
The airline did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The EEOC -- the federal government agency responsible for enforcing employment discrimination laws -- charges in the suit that one female worker was subject to nearly daily sexual harassment by a male co-worker at the Southwest Airlines' Oakland facility beginning in November 2002. The suit may attract similar claims from other harassed women, an EEOC attorney said.
Despite complaints, the suit says Southwest only gave warnings and a short suspension to the accused harasser, which the EEOC claims allowed the harassment to continue.
The suit seeks injunctive relief and undefined monetary compensation for the victim of the harassment and other women who may have been harassed.
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The suit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, says that despite a history of complaints of verbal and physical abuse by a serial harasser, the Dallas-based discount carrier issued only written warnings and a short suspension to the perpetrator.
The airline did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
The EEOC -- the federal government agency responsible for enforcing employment discrimination laws -- charges in the suit that one female worker was subject to nearly daily sexual harassment by a male co-worker at the Southwest Airlines' Oakland facility beginning in November 2002. The suit may attract similar claims from other harassed women, an EEOC attorney said.
Despite complaints, the suit says Southwest only gave warnings and a short suspension to the accused harasser, which the EEOC claims allowed the harassment to continue.
The suit seeks injunctive relief and undefined monetary compensation for the victim of the harassment and other women who may have been harassed.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
Here's a link to another story as well:
http://eastbay.bizjournals.com/eastbay/sto...25/daily26.html
