Otsego Township Pays $60,000 To Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Otsego Township settled a sexual harassment lawsuit for $60,000. The sexual harassment lawsuit was filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") on behalf of Stephanie Britton a township grounds keeper. Britton not only was able to get $60,000 but she also got her job back. She had been fired by the Township and the firing was part of her complaint.
Britton alleged Otsego Township originally hired her as a groundskeeper and claimed her supervisor would make sexual comments directed at her. She said he would begin talking about a woman he knew with large breasts. She also alleged he would ask about the sex life of her and her husband and make other inappropriate comments. You can see how much money and time this lawsuit cost the Township and at the end of the day they had to give her the job back. It would have made more sense if they didn't fire her to begin with and just would have investigated her claim in a serious fashion.
”I would have liked to have worked for the township for five years or more,” Britton said.
