Male USPS Worker Advances Retaliation Claim in Harassment Case

A male US Postal Service employee who says he faced retaliation after a female manager sexually harassed him can take that claim to trial, but the agency defeated his hostile work environment claim.

Factual disputes over whether the worker faced an adverse employment action linked to his sexual harassment report prevent USPS from securing summary judgment on retaliation, the US District Court for the Central District of California said. But he lacks evidence for the sexually hostile work environment claim, the order said.

Plaintiff Kevin Bevans processed mail at a USPS distribution center. Judge Josephine L. Staton rejected USPS’s ...