On Sept. 11, a company agreed to pay $60,000 to settle claims that it had a fired a female employee because she had complained about sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
In 2008, Luanda Puente lost her job as a laborer with Greater Metroplex Interiors Inc. after she complained numerous times about her co-workers' behavior. She claimed male co-workers made sexually explicit remarks to her for the duration of her employment and exposed her to sexually explicit graffiti.
She also alleged that at least one job site had portable toilets with urinals outside.
Following her termination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Greater Metroplex on Puente's behalf.
Greater Metroplex argued that it did all it could to address Puente's concerns, noting that it didn’t have control over the toilets at that site. It also contended that Puente didn’t complain about harassment until after she was fired.
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