The suit claims an alleged harasser got promoted while the accuser was told to "look elsewhere"
The NHL's top HR executive is personally named in a lawsuit alleging systemic harassment, failed investigations, and coordinated blacklisting of a whistleblower.
Rose Harris, a former IT coordinator for the Anaheim Ducks and OC Sports & Entertainment, filed suit in federal court in New York on January 6, accusing the National Hockey League, the Ducks, and Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Patrice Distler of presiding over a toxic workplace culture and then punishing her for speaking up. The claims have not been proven, and no court has made any findings.
Harris says she joined the Ducks in July 2022, was promoted to IT analyst, and by all accounts performed well. But according to her account, the job came with a price: unwanted touching from a colleague in public relations, crude remarks from equipment managers who declared her "one of the boys," and a steady stream of invasive questions about her sex life. Co-workers allegedly spread false rumors about sexual encounters that never happened. Female employees, she says, were told they dressed "like a whore," while men faced no similar scrutiny. She claims she was routinely blocked from areas she was credentialed to enter and told to wait for a man's permission.
The allegations paint a troubling picture for HR professionals. Harris says that when a colleague named her as a witness in a separate harassment...
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