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AARONS
RENTS
D I A N A D E LO N G / C I A RA N G A L L AG H E R
BACKGROUND
CASE DETAILS
Stated sexual harassment
Pinched her
Made lewd comments
Hit her head with his genitals
Trapped her in the storeroom
and masturbated in front of her
CHARGES
12 different counts
NEGLIGENCE CHARGES
According to Human Resource Management (12th
Edition):
Negligent Hiring: The liability an employer incurs
when it fails to conduct a reasonable investigation of an
applicants background, and then assigns a potentially
dangerous person to a position in which he or she can
inflict harm.
Negligent Retention: The liability an employer may
incur when a company keeps persons on the payroll
whose records indicate strong potential for wrongdoing
and fails to take steps to defuse a possible violent
situation
LAW
TitleVIIof
theCivil Rights
Actof 1964
Title I of the
Civil Rights Act
of 1991
VERDICT
Guilty
Ashley awarded $95
million
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relieved. It felt so good
I was relieved. It felt so good
that that group of people took the
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and to
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believe me and to hear my
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story.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1) Background checks, to
avoid negligent hiring
2) Report harassment as
soon as it happens, to
avoid further abuse.
3) Appropriate
disciplinary action, to
avoid negligent
retention.
4) Strictly enforce these
policies
WORKS CITED
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/262625/3/95million-awarded-in-sex-harassment-case
http://www.scribd.com/doc/57522119/Alford-vAarons-Rents
http://www.sanfrancisco-employmentlawyer.com/2011/06/woman-wins-95-million-inlandmark-sexual-harassment-suit.shtml
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