CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A local victim of sexual harassment in the workplace faced another nightmare after she came forward, confronting her bosses.
It all played out behind closed doors, because of one paper she signed.
She could not take her case to court for justice in front of a jury for them to decide.
But now this won’t happen to you or your loved ones because she spoke out, helping to change the law.
Lora Henry of Canton never expected to share what happened to her with so many people.
“I’m here today because I’m a victim of sexual harassment,” she said.
Henry faced sexual harassment at work.
“I felt ashamed, I felt embarrassed. I really didn’t know who to talk to, who to turn to, who I could trust,” she said.
She eventually got up the courage to go to her bosses about it.
But then she got fired.
“It was very painful,” Henry said.
But she didn’t give up, she got an attorney.
And that’s when she learned she signed something called an arbitration agreement.
It was just one document buried inside a packet of papers she signed when she got the job.
Attorney Brian Spitz with Spitz, The Employee’s Law Firm, explains.
“So they do things like slip them, a sentence here, a couple of sentences there, into a big agreement so employees don’t see it,” Spitz said.
Because of this, Henry couldn’t take her company to court.
Instead, the company paid for the arbitrator to settle everything behind closed doors.
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