November 01, 2019
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lost a Virginia federal trial Thursday against energy utility Appalachian Power over claims the company subjected a temp worker to sexual harassment by her supervisor and let him fire her in retaliation for her lack of interest in him.
September 25, 2019
A former Appalachian Power worker's allegations about unwanted advances from her supervisor weren't enough to keep an EEOC hostile work environment claim alive, a Virginia federal judge has ruled, though he refused to toss other claims for sexual harassment and retaliation.