Monday, February 22, 2016

Vacation Resorts International to Pay $125,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment / Retaliation Suit

Female Employee Fired for Reporting Egregious Sexual Harassment, Federal Agency Charged

MIAMI - Vacation Resorts International (VRI), a provider of management and marketing services to resorts, condominiums, and timeshares, will pay $125,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. EEOC charged that VRI violated federal law when it permitted a manager at the Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort (which VRI manages) to sexually harass a groundskeeping/housekeeping employee and then unlawfully fired her when she resisted and reported the harassment.

Read the press release here.

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