Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in Texas

inappropriately named conference offices

Is it inappropriate to name the conference offices in a company after 'terms of endearment'. My company has named some 20 meeting offices at our building names like snuggle bunny, baby cakes, pumkin, schnookums, puddin, precious, princess, etc.... , the worst being 'sexy pants'. As a women in this company, I find these offensive. What is the law conserning something like this?


Asked on 8/07/00, 1:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Martin Scott Law Offices of Martin A. Scott

Re: inappropriately named conference offices

And I thought I had heard it all! I do believe this qualifies as illegal sexual harassment or at least an item that when combined with other actions could support a claim.

If the conference rooms were given these names by management, this is particularly offensive because it establishes a company policy that would encourage employees to act in inappropriate ways -- exactly opposite of the duty of management to insure a working environment free from sexual harassment.

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Answered on 9/14/00, 9:48 pm


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