Former worker alleges sexual harassment by two Cognizant executives, information lawsuit in US

According to the lawsuit filed within the court docket of Middle District of Florida, the previous worker, a lady of Hispanic origin, was employed by Cognizant Technology Solutions Service in 2017. She allegedly confronted sexual harassment between 2018 and 2019 and named two executives on this regard. The lawsuit additional acknowledged that the worker had filed an inside criticism with the HR and Compliance departments. The matter was not resolved and the complainant confronted retaliatory actions, it alleged.

“Plaintiff contends that her supervisors sexually harassed her in the workplace, treated her differently than similarly situated employees, and retaliated against her when she reported the discrimination,” the lawsuit acknowledged. “Plaintiff timely filed a complaint alleging retaliation by defendant Cognizant and exhausted all the administrative remedies.”

The lawsuit added that the complainant confronted “sexually explicit language” and “unwelcome sexual advances” on the office. The swimsuit additionally alleges that Cognizant has “a history of sexually assaulting and sexually abusing females in the workplace.”

“This lawsuit is without merit, and we look forward to vigorously defending ourselves in court,”, a spokesperson for Cognizant stated in response to ET’s queries on the lawsuit.

According to the swimsuit, the previous worker additionally reported alleged discrimination with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on August 29, 2019. The criticism was filed as a violation of 42 U.S.C. 2000e-3(a) that makes it illegal for employers to discriminate on the premise of race, color, intercourse or nationwide origin.
According to authorized consultants, there have been a variety of excessive profile sexual harassment instances in US courts. In 2012, one of many largest judgments in US historical past for a single sufferer of office sexual harassment was awarded within the case of Ani Chopourian vs Catholic Healthcare West (2012), the place a federal jury in California awarded Chopourian $168 million in damages.

“If proven, these are serious allegations and can make a good case for sexual harassment as laid down in the past in the Reeves v. CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. case (2010) where the court ruled that a hostile work environment can be created in a workplace where sexually explicit language is present,” stated Salman Waris, managing accomplice at TechLegis Advocates and Solicitors.

Other high-profile instances at know-how firms have included the 2017 lawsuit towards Uber Technologies. The firm’s then chief government Travis Kalanick was compelled to resign after a sequence of scandals, together with an exterior investigation that probed over 200 allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour and resulted within the firing of greater than 20 staff, stories stated. World News Today 24X7