7th Circuit Upholds $250,000 Workplace Harassment Award, Remands Back Pay Request

Mealey's (October 10, 2018, 2:39 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal court did not err in affirming a jury’s $250,000 compensatory damages award for a retail employee who alleges that her employer failed to properly respond to her complaints about a customer stalking her, but the trial court must consider on remand whether the employee is owed back pay (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Costco Wholesale Corporation, Nos. 17-2432 and 17-2454, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 25539)....