Houston Unlawful Sexual Conduct Lawsuit

In a Press Release at http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-30-09m.html , the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (”EEOC”) Houston District Office announced that agency attorneys filed a federal class action lawsuit in Houston, alleging that a La Porte, Texas company violated federal law by subjecting female employees to sexual harassment and discrimination prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  According to the September 30, 2009 Press Release, EEOC attorneys charge in the lawsuit that the owner and on-site manager of the company used his position to harass a number of female employees.  As stated in the EEOC Press Release, the manager allegedly subjected women to unwanted sexual demands, boasting and questioning; sexual touching; and menacing and frightening them into silence about his conduct.  EEOC attorneys contend as well in the sexual harassment lawsuit that sexual harassment by other male employees was condoned within the workplace.  An EEOC attorney quoted in the Press Release stated, in part, that “Employers are required by federal law to keep their workplaces free of sexual harassment and to remedy such conduct when it occurs.”  EEOC attorneys filed the sexual harassment lawsuit in Houston after first attempting to resolve the case in a pre-litigation settlement.  Further information about the EEOC is available in the agency’s website at www.eeoc.gov . 

Whether unlawful workplace sexual misconduct occurs in Houston, La Porte or elsewhere, sexual misconduct victims may contact the EEOC and an attorney to determine if a sexual harassment lawsuit is ultimately appropriate under the particular circumstances and facts of the potential employment discrimination claim.