A worker says her complaints went nowhere - then her job got posted before she left
A former employee says one of the world's biggest real estate firms ignored her harassment complaint, then disciplined her and let her go.
A former property administrator has sued Cushman & Wakefield, filing in federal court in Manhattan on June 25, 2026, alleging her supervisor sexually harassed her for months and that the company closed ranks instead of stepping in. For HR teams, the value of the case isn't the alleged behavior - it's what the complaint says the employer did once it knew.
She worked at the firm from about March 2023 until May 1, 2024. According to the complaint, her supervisor repeatedly commented on her age and body, called her "baby girl," touched her face to make her look at him, and once told her to "spin" in his office. The filing says he also told her he was "bigger than HR" - a line she took to mean that complaining would be useless.
That phrase captures why this case matters to anyone who runs a people function. The complaint alleges she raised the conduct with her property manager and with a human resources representative. The company opened an internal process, the filing says, then shut its investigation around December 2023 with no corrective action and declined to hand over any documentation. The supervisor, according to the complaint, faced no consequences and still works at the firm.
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