Argument Against Kroger

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The article displayed how Kroger, a major national retail chain, fail to comply with the federal laws and stop the harassment of a young teen employee in Little Rock, Arkansas. Following the teen’s numerous unfiled complaints, the EEOC stepped in and corrected the situation following a lawsuit against Kroger. EEOC claims the harassment had begun shortly after the teen was hired, and continued throughout her employment, without Kroger showing any regard to her safety. Faye A Williams, regional attorney of EEOC’s Memphis office states “Employees – especially very young employees such as in this case, should be about to report the incident without fear of sexual harassment.” Williams follows by stating “Further, companies must respond appropriately when an employee makes a complaint of sexual harassment. …show more content…

As well as paying monetary damages to the former employees at the location, as well as train its manager at the location on sexual harassment including the responsibilities of supervisors once a report of sexual harassment is made. Especially for a major retail chain such as Kroger, this type of incident is highly inappropriate for the way it was responded too. For the young teen beginning her work career, being treated the way she had at work, and the management team neglecting the situation was terrible. In this form on situation I definitely believe the manager should have as well been taken responsibility as the assaulter. It’s a good beginning for Kroger to redistribute its sexual harassment policy to all its employees, but if I was manager, it wouldn’t been handled in a safe, timely

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