IRS Agent Seeks $6 Million In Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Sarah Klein, an Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") agent filed a sexual harassment lawsuit and is seeking $6 million. She claims her manager Richard Cook created a hostile work environment by making sexual advances toward her. She also alleges her manager suggested they share a hotel room at conferences, flirted with her and made sexual comments.
In her lawsuit she claims that she complained about Cook's behavior and the IRS answer was to transfer her. Instead of accepting the transfer she stayed put and was assigned to another manager. There was never any discipline to Cook and Klein believed she was not having her complaints taken seriously. This case shows that management would rather just shuffle the deck and hope things go away, rather than address the problem head on.
It is nice to see someone stand up for themselves and not let management push them around. Lets see if a jury things the IRS handled the situation properly.
