Case Study Of EEOC V. Air Liquide

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EEOC v. Air Liquide USA, LLC et al, in 2006 Jacqueline Ferrel asserted that she was retaliated against after filing a sexual harassment claim against her manager. The Euro American male manager in question was moved to another department. Jacqueline was moved to a different zone within the same department with a different Euro American male, Mr. Spencer, a manager who had been heard to say, “Women are not cut out for this job.” Her new manager was exceptionally harsh on the female analysts in his zone and held them to a higher standard and to different rules than the men in his zone. They did not put her in that zone with that manager to help her succeed. A female employee that previously worked for Mr. Spencer previously alerted the Human

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