Wednesday, February 16, 2005
TV station settles sexual harassment lawsuit
A Spanish-language television station has settled a lawsuit after a former news editor was accused of sexually harassing female employees.
Entravision Communications Corp. agreed last week to pay remedial relief and $185,000 in damages to three women who said they were sexually harassed by their supervisor at KSMS Channel 67.
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Entravision, the largest affiliate of programming produced by telecommunications giant Univision Communications Inc., also agreed to draft anti-harassment policies and distribute them to all employees in English and Spanish. To comply with California law, all current Entravision employees will receive at least two hours of anti-harassment training, according to the settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Entravision spokeswoman Kim Holt confirmed on Tuesday that the company settled the lawsuit and added, "As part of the settlement, the company admitted no liability."
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A Spanish-language television station has settled a lawsuit after a former news editor was accused of sexually harassing female employees.
Entravision Communications Corp. agreed last week to pay remedial relief and $185,000 in damages to three women who said they were sexually harassed by their supervisor at KSMS Channel 67.
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Entravision, the largest affiliate of programming produced by telecommunications giant Univision Communications Inc., also agreed to draft anti-harassment policies and distribute them to all employees in English and Spanish. To comply with California law, all current Entravision employees will receive at least two hours of anti-harassment training, according to the settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Entravision spokeswoman Kim Holt confirmed on Tuesday that the company settled the lawsuit and added, "As part of the settlement, the company admitted no liability."
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