Quid pro quo – something for something – is a form of sexual harassment in which an employer bases hiring, promotions, or raises upon receiving sex from an employee.
A Miami Waste Department employee initiated legal action last Spring against her employer, after she was offered a promotion for sex acts. Subsequently, she did not get a promotion and her legal claims state that the director at the time of the sexual harassment promised she would be promoted to assistant director in exchange for sexual acts. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Southern District of Florida and claims that she and the director had multiple sexual encounters during and after work hours. The job opening occurred in the Spring and was filled by Fall with another employee, at which time the victimized employee filed a complaint with the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Program Office. A Florida sexual harassment law attorney can assist employees who have experienced abuse of power actions that breach physical comfort boundaries and could be construed as part of the widespread problem of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination from employers against women, including discriminatory hiring and firing practices based on requests for sexual acts.
Legal action
A Miami attorney can initiate legal action for victims of workplace sexual harassment, based on protections outlined in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Harassment is illegal when it is so frequent, or severe that it creates a...
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