LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – JACO Coach Company, LLC, a Louisville transportation company, has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a sexual harassment charge, the federal agency announced Tuesday.
In the charge, a former employee alleged that during her employment she was subjected to sexual harassment and unwanted touching around January 2024 by a male coworker. The EEOC determined there was reasonable cause to believe the company violated federal anti-discrimination law when it failed to remedy workplace sexual harassment for the individual who filed the charge, and for a class of female coworkers also affected by the harassment.
The EEOC’s charge investigation found that the same coworker had been the subject of complaints going back to 2023 and the company, having received these repeated complaints, failed to take appropriate action.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment…