Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in Tennessee

No longer at workplace

My District made a sexual comment to me and I reported and he was made to apologize to me. I received unfair workload under the name of ''it's your job.'' they asked if I wanted to transfer and I said NO. So, I beared with him eight more months after the incident happened. I told my Division aout how uncomfortable that I felt work under him(the District Manager), and it seem as if he was taking me lightly. So, the next day I resigned with my paper notice, but the Division Manager talked me out of it and asked if he could tear up the notice and I agreed. We also talked about a transfer and I agreed that time. So I transferred to another district to a worst District Manager. This acually physically touch me in private areas. I felt degrade and told him repeatly NO,NO,NO! I started again looking for other jobs because I knew if I reported this that I would marked as a troublemake. People were already talking about the other incident. So, I finally resigned, but I filed a complaint with the Human Right Commission and waiting for their decision. I was getting unemployment butthe Board of Review unfairly reversed it, and I have to payback money. What can and should I do at this point because I'm under stress trying protect my rights?


Asked on 4/09/04, 7:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
James R. Becker, Jr. Becker Law Firm

Re: No longer at workplace

The very first thing you need to do is spend some time in an in-person interview with an attorney. You may have some ability to protect some of your rights, but the law of sexual harassment has evolved to the point that you may have lost much of your most valuable leverage when you quit.

An employer in a sexual harassment case is entitled to receive notice of the harassing conduct and has an oppportunity to take appropriate remedial measures. From what you wrote, I can see where you began the process, but you may not have followed it through. There may be some legally substantive reasons for this, but that is something that you will have to go through in detail with an attorney. If you would like to schedule a consultation on this issue, my email is [email protected].

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Answered on 4/12/04, 10:14 am


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