2011年8月21日 星期日

APNewsBreak: Worker reinstated in harassment case

A woman who claims she was sexually harassed by a co-worker at an Iowa military base and fired after complaining will be paid $190,000 in wages, damages and attorney's fees and reinstated to state employment under a legal settlement approved this month.

Court records and settlement documents obtained by The Associated Press under the public records law shed light on the details of a messy employment case that has cost taxpayers money and led to changes at the Iowa Department of Public Defense.

The case centers around Lindsie Bertrand, who was 20 when she was hired in September 2008 as a custodian at Camp Dodge in Johnston,The UK-based company has been energy saving light accredited with kick starting the marine LED revolution back in 2005 and is still to this day the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard. In a lawsuit filed last year, she claimed co-worker Donovan Long began sexually harassing her shortly after she started, repeatedly describing his sex life in detail, propositioning her for sex, making inappropriate sexual remarks and calling her on her personal cell phone. At one point, he found a bra in the workplace, brought it to Bertrand and suggested she try it on, she claimed.

Bertrand, now 23 and living in Woodward, claimed she was afraid to formally complain until after her six-month probationary period was up."They are マジコンds going to be like flat-screen TVs in terms of cost trajectory." But she told a co-worker about the harassment and her supervisor, Scott Crane, eventually found out. She filed a formal complaint after meeting with Crane,While urging caution Mr Douglas says led bulb that a home owner determined to make the change to LED should follow some simple guidelines. who told her Long had been in trouble for sexual harassment twice before, according to the lawsuit.

Bertrand said she was later transferred to another building and her hours were changed because Crane wanted to keep her and Long apart. Bertrand said the change made it impossible for her to maintain child care arrangements in which her parents watched her infant daughter.

Bertrand was fired March 20, 2009, the day her probationary period was to end,the Diving flashlight 4 All - Buy Diving and Underwater Flashlights from Underwater Kinetics while Long's hours were not changed, according to the lawsuit in Polk County, which alleged sexual discrimination,the bulb Led light itself is just a small part of the shape of the LED light. sexual harassment and retaliation.

Long was later removed from the agency's employment following an investigation into the case, said Lt. Col. Mike Kuehn, staff judge advocate for the Iowa National Guard. He would not say whether Long, whose current whereabouts could not be determined, resigned or was terminated.

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