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and index finger. Petitioner stopped working for the May Company
on March 27, 1997.
In November 1997, petitioner filed a discrimination charge
against the May Company with the California Department of Fair
Employment and Housing. Petitioner subsequently was issued a
right to bring a civil action, and, on February 19, 1998, she
filed a complaint with the Superior Court of the State of
California, County of Los Angeles. In the complaint filed
against the May Company and 10 unnamed defendants, petitioner
alleged that 2 employees of the May Company engaged in
conversation with petitioner which was “sexually demeaning,
insulting and offensive towards women”, and that they were
involved in other instances of sexual harassment toward
petitioner. The complaint further alleged that after petitioner
had informed the May Company that she was leaving her position,
and after petitioner received a severe hand injury while
apprehending a shoplifter, petitioner was forced to abandon a
workers’ compensation claim because one of the employees who had
been harassing her was assigned to handle the workers’
compensation claim for the company.
Petitioner’s complaint alleged three causes of action. The
first cause of action was based upon the following:
Pursuant to Government Code section 12490(a), (f) and (i),
respectively, it is an unlawful employment practice for: an
employer, because of the sex of any person, to discriminate
against the person in compensation or in terms, conditions,
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