Federal employee awarded $75,000 in compensatory damages. Complainant a federal employee, filed an EEO alleging sex-based harassment including non-sexual and sexual harassment. Complainant did not request an EEOC hearing. The Agency awarded her some damages, but she appealed to the EEOC. On appeal, the EEOC awarded $75,000 in non-pecuniary compensatory damages where nearly two years of sexual harassment caused embarrassment and humiliation, triggered daily headaches and weekly migraines, and resulted in a diagnosis of anxiety.
Sonia B. v. Tennessee Valley Authority, EEOC Appeal No. 2019004252 (Aug. 10, 2020) https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/decisions/2020_12_07/2019004252.pdf
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