Fred Meyer failed to protect staffers from years of sexual harassment, agency alleges

Fred Meyer

A federal lawsuit claims Fred Meyer repeatedly ignored several female employees’ complaints, spanning multiple years, of sexual harassment by a male coworker.

Federal employment officials say Fred Meyer repeatedly ignored several female employees’ complaints, spanning at least four years, of sexual harassment by a male coworker.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this week filed a lawsuit that claims managers at a Fred Meyer store in Richland, Washington, were aware of the male coworker’s “sexual remarks, inappropriate touching and propositioning of female employees” but failed to address the problem.

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