Janitorial Company Pays $400,000 to Settle Sex Harassment Claims

HHS Environmental, a company providing janitorial and other services to hospitals across the country, will pay $400,000 to settle claims that female employees were sexually harassed and subjected to retaliation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday.

According to the EEOC, a group of female housekeepers were repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment by a male employee, who made inappropriate sexual comments and frequently attempted to inappropriately kiss, touch and grab them without permission. The EEOC said that despite the employees’ reports of harassment, the company took no action for over a year to curb the harassment, and later fired ...