Federal Contract Worker Agrees to Take $83,000 on Harassment Win

A former manager for a government contractor, whom a jury found experienced a hostile workplace when her employer failed to stop rumors that she was trading sex for promotions, agreed to accept $50,000 for the bias instead of the $725,000 the jury awarded, Maryland federal court records show.

The jury returned the verdict for Evangeline Parker and against Reema Consulting Services Inc. Dec. 9. But Parker told the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Jan. 7 that she agreed with the company that the jury award is capped at $50,000 under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights ...