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February 13, 2009
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Workers Gets $75,000 in Sexual Harassment Settlement
Tina Hammer who reportedly endured years of sexual harassment at the Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC plant in Fort Dodge Iowas was awarded $75,000 to end her lawsuit. Hammer was subject to repeated lewd remarks and was repeatedly groped.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") sued Georgia-Pacific on March 28, 2007, claiming the company violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by permitting an employee to sexually harass Hammer and by failing to take action to stop the sexual harassment. In addition to paying Hammer $75,000, the company also agreed to give civil rights training to its managers in Fort Dodge and post a notice of the settlement at the Fort Dodge plant so all employees could review it.
''Sexual harassment violates an employee's dignity and makes it difficult for her to do the work that the employer expects of her,''said John Rowe, director of the federal commission's Chicago District Office
