Monday, April 26, 2010

$1 million settlement in Lafayette case

The Morning Call
Deal ends EEOC sex harassment suit by several women against ex-college police officer
By Brian Callaway OF THE MORNING CALL
April 24, 2010

Lafayette College will pay $1 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against a campus police officer accused of groping female employees and subjecting them to other lewd behavior.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the suit on behalf of five women who said officer Barry Stauffer continued harassing them even after they complained about him to administrators at the Easton school.One of the employees quit because of Stauffer's conduct, the EEOC said. Stauffer was dismissed in 2008, the same year the lawsuit was filed.''No one should have to endure the abuse that these women faced at work,'' EEOC Chairwoman Jacqueline A. Berrien said in a news release.

Full Story: http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a6_3lafayette.7250418apr24,0,762352.story

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