Three companies operating a now-closed Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenview, Ill., have agreed to pay a former employee $193,750 and furnish other relief under a consent decree to settle a federal sex harassment and retaliatory firing lawsuit.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had charged that managers and coworkers at the dealership subjected a female employee to constant sex harassment and retaliated against her after she complained. The sex harassment included repeated propositions for sex, constant commentary on her body, including requests to wear more revealing work apparel, and sharing numerous, unwanted and graphic sexual images and videos.
Additionally, the employee alleged that because she complained, the dealership moved her start time in a way that interfered with her childcare schedule, and then fired her for fabricated reasons.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC and the employee filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (EEOC, et al. v. DP Fox Ventures, LLC; Fox Glenview, LLC; and Fox Illinois Staffing, LLC) in February 2020 after first attempting to reach a settlement through the EEOC’s pre-lawsuit conciliation process.
The defendants agreed to settle the lawsuit prior to the parties engaging in discovery.
Under the two-year consent decree settling the suit, agreed to by the parties and entered by the court, the former employee will receive $193,750. The decree mandates harassment prevention policies and training on Title VII’s prohibitions on sex harassment and retaliation, and periodic reporting to the EEOC of sex discrimination complaints received during the duration of the decree.
Source: EEOC
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