Intern also alleges that she was prevented from participating in the workplace culture review in 2023
A former intern of EY Australia is suing the big four consulting giant before the Federal Court for allegedly victimising her after she made a sexual harassment complaint against her manager, according to reports.
The former intern, who joined under EY's vacationer programme in late November 2022, also accused the firm of barring her from participating in the workplace culture review carried out by former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick.
The intern's accusations stem from a series of incidents involving her former manager at EY, which escalated to the point that made her feel "embarrassed, humiliated, and uncomfortable."
The manager's actions, as alleged in the intern's statement of claim, include regularly sitting close to the intern at work, and then eventually groping her and waiting outside the women's bathroom during a social event outside of work.
The intern raised the matter in EY's anonymous survey for the vacationer programme, and later made a formal complaint in March 2023.
But later that month, the intern was told by other EY staff members to move on, while colleagues who used to be friendly with her began avoiding her and making "snide comments."
She also alleged that between April and June in the same year that she was allocated less work than her peers and was told by supervisors that she wasn't meeting her target hours.
By May 2023, the...
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