EMPLOYMENT
Worker claiming sexual harassment settles for $43,000
A worker at a dry cleaner who claimed her boss sexually harassed her agreed to a $43,000 settlement on June 25. Belinda Ayalay was an assembler and presser at Oasis Dry Cleaners in McAllen. She claimed that the general manager put his hands on her, rubbed his body against her, made sexual comments and showed her pornographic material. She complained to a supervisor, and then her hours were reduced. Less than a month after filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she was fired.
