By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! Diamonds Sterling Jewelers will pay $175 million to settle a class-action suit first filed in 2008 that alleges years of discrimination against women who worked for the company, which owns Jared and Kay Jewelers. The class of 68,000 women who had worked predominantly as sales associates alleged that the company systematically denied promotions to women and underpaid women, and a number of people stepped forward to report that they also experienced sexual harassment, groping and coercion from male bosses.
Numlock News: June 10, 2022 • Agatha Christie, Tequila, Criminal Sentencing
Numlock News: June 10, 2022 • Agatha…
Numlock News: June 10, 2022 • Agatha Christie, Tequila, Criminal Sentencing
By Walt Hickey Have an excellent weekend! Diamonds Sterling Jewelers will pay $175 million to settle a class-action suit first filed in 2008 that alleges years of discrimination against women who worked for the company, which owns Jared and Kay Jewelers. The class of 68,000 women who had worked predominantly as sales associates alleged that the company systematically denied promotions to women and underpaid women, and a number of people stepped forward to report that they also experienced sexual harassment, groping and coercion from male bosses.