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Benefits August 13, 2003
Woman "Mints" Sexual Harassment Charge
August 13, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A female
employee of the Denver mint has slapped the US Treasury with
a suit alleging sexual harassment.
Reported by Eric Hazard
The sexual harassment charge comes in addition to allegations the female employee made of sexual discrimination at the mint, the second such charge this month. Earlier, a former female employee filed suit claiming she was subjected to repeated sexual and racial harassment from male co-workers and supervisors, according to an Associated Press report.
Also common between the two suits is a claim by each of the two female employees that their supervisor, Louis Woodward, perpetuated the harassment. Woodward though was not named as a defendant in either suit.
The Denver mint is no stranger to sexual harassment claims. In June, 32 of the mint’s 107 female employees signed a formal complaint saying supervisors demanded sex in exchange for favorable treatment and that managers responded to their concerns by assigning an in-house detective to interrogate the women. After learning of the complaint, US Mint administrators visited the Denver plant, spoke with employees and made a number of policy changes but did not admit any harassment or discrimination took place.