Re: Harassment Complaint

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On 9/29/08, iwannabelikekev wrote:
> State: Texas
>
> I am working for a consultant company and I was contracting
> for a client company.
> I got acquainted with a married woman at work in the client
> company through some meetings. She was also a contractor
but
> working for another agency. She was very friendly and
talked
> about a lot of things including her personal life. Since
she
> was having friendly conversations, I also started having
> some friendly conversations with her. Since I guess she and
> I were almost coming and leaving at the same time, we have
> met a lot of times in the garage and walked together, she
> would go in her car and I would go in my car. She lives far
> away and I live near by. So, we take different routes. In
> fact, I invited her and another friend of hers for my
> birthday lunch. I saw her as a good friend.
> One fine day, the manager at my client company said that he
> was not satisfied with my performance and he decided to let
> me go off from the team in 2 weeks and he asked me to
> transition the work that I had been doing to another new
> employee.
> One week after this incident, I got a call from my
> consultant company asking me not to go to the client
company
> as she filed a harassment complaint. She had mentioned that
> - 1. I had been following her in the garage and at
> workplace, 2. I had been staring at her office from the
> stairs (insane why would I look at chair and desk in the
> office?), 3.I have been waiting for her in the garage when
> she was in the fitness center working out for 15 minutes.
> She was talking to me casually until the last day I met her
> and I have no idea why she would file a complaint all of a
> sudden. She never told me that she was uncomfortable
talking
> to me.
> She has mentioned that her husband doesn't have a job 3-4
> times, she lives in her mom's house temporarily until her
> husband finds a job (it has been almost 4-5 months since
she
> said that), she wasn't making good money in her previous
> job, she is trying to have kids, going to doctor because of
> complications, won't get paid if she takes sick leaves or
> maternity leaves. Not sure if money was her motive. But
> anyways, the client company terminated my contract. So, she
> won't be able to sue the client company and make money.
> My consultant company has a lengthy procedure for handling
> harassment complaints. At first, I was interrogated by
> couple of HR folks based on the complaint. But, I wasn't
> given the copy of the complaint and they didn't disclose
the
> date on which it was filed. They just disclosed the name of
> the complainant. The next day, they went to the client
> company to interview the complainant and her manager. Those
> details were not revealed to me.
> The HR folks have documented all these information and sent
> them to Grievance committee in my consultant company. It
has
> been almost 3 weeks and I have no idea what is going on.
> AFAIK, they will take a decision and communicate to both
the
> parties. If someone is not happy with the decision, they
can
> appeal for it and the final decision will be made.
> What are the possible outcomes here? In the best case
> scenario, if my consultant company says that her
allegations
> can't be proved and if she is not satisfied and files a
> complaint with EEOC, will she be able to make any money? In
> the worst case scenario, if my consultant company asks me
to
> resign, what are my rights? Can I file a defamation lawsuit
> on her stating that she filed the complaint for making
> money? She is also a contractor working for another
> consultant company.

Same answers as those you previously received on all the
other boards you've posted this on.