Auto Parts Company Fired Employee After Reporting Harassment and Complaining That Coworker Exposed Himself, Federal Agency Charges
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Enforge, LLC, a Michigan-based tie rods and automotive parts company conducting business in North Carolina, violated federal law when it subjected a female employee to a sexually hostile work environment and then fired her for complaining about it, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC said that Enforge knew the employee was being harassed but failed to take action to protect her, and then retaliated against her for complaining.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a female employee was subjected to vulgar sexual comments and unwelcome touching by male coworkers at the Enforge facility in Albemarle, North Carolina from August to October 2020. The employee reported the harassment to the shift supervisor and other managers on several occasions, but her complaints were never addressed, and the harassment continued. When she asked to be moved to a different shift or transferred to a different part of the facility to avoid the harassers, the company denied her request.
In October 2020 the employee reported that a male coworker had exposed himself to her. Management officials told her that she should take a few days off while they looked into the matter and instructed her to call the production manager before returning to work. Although the employee made several attempts...
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