Elisa C. Advani (L) of Central Jersey Legal Services, and Jeffrey Campolongo (R), of Law Office of Jeffrey Campolongo.
Last month this column explored a recent spate of racial harassment cases filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Just a month later there are another pair of racial harassment decisions showing why employers need to pay close attention to employee complaints. The two cases hail from differing parts of the country, one of which is from our neck of the woods, yet the sting of the alleged harassment can be felt far and wide.
‘Bates v. Montgomery County’
On Sept. 17, a decision was rendered in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania case of Bates v. Montgomery County, Civil Action No. 20-2956 (E.D. Pa. September 17, 2021) (Tucker, J.). The plaintiff is an African American man who held multiple positions at the county’s correctional facility where he served as a captain.
