Can I sue my company for sexual harassment?
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Can I sue my company for sexual harassment?
I was working with a small business. I was recently taken to a strip club by my manager 3 times. He was my third manager and I was trying to get him to acknowledge me. I had never been to a strip club before but I felt the need to go to impress him. As my manager I thought it would be irresponsible to take someone you manage to a strip club but didn’t say anything. My first 2 managers both disliked me, so I felt the need to be sure this one did.
Asked on July 29, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Utah
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
If the manager required you to go to the strip club and you are female, this *may* be sexual harassment if there was any intention on his part to either make you uncomfortable or, conversely, to somehow titilate/excite you and institute an intimate relationship. On the other hand, if he simply takes *everyone* to strip clubs and was treating you "like one of the boys," then his would not be harassment; it would also not be harassment if you could have, without penalty, said "no" and not gone, but instead went of your own free will "to impress him" or "to get him to acknowledge" you. In these cases, there is no intention to harass and no misuse of power.
If you think that is intentions were to harass you in some way, then speak with the federal EEOC or your state's equal/civil rights agency about filing a complaint, or with a private attorney about possibly suing.
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