Paramount Healthcare Consultants, LLC, which operates facilities across Texas and Louisiana, and MPD Operators Nazareth Hall, LLC, doing business as Nazareth Living Care Center in El Paso, Texas, violated federal law when they allowed an administrator to sexually harass a housekeeping aide, and then retaliated against her and another employee for complaining, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the EEOC’s suit, an administrator at Nazareth Living Care Center sexually harassed a housekeeping aide by subjecting her to unwelcome sexual comments and forcible kissing. When her male supervisor elevated the sexual harassment complaint, the human resources director at the facility was dismissive and suggested that the aide may have enticed the administrator to harass her.
The EEOC further alleges that no credible investigation was conducted into the complaint, and the administrator whose misconduct was reported was never disciplined. The aide was subjected to taunting and criticism by onsite management at the facility after her complaint. The supervisor who sought intervention from upper management to assist the aide was later given a written disciplinary warning for “gossiping.” Ultimately, both were constructively discharged, the EEOC said. Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, and retaliation for complaining about it.
