Schuylkill County will pay a legal firm $380 an hour to investigate any complaints of violations of workplace policies such as sexual harassment.
The move stems from a settlement between the county an.
The federal judge presiding over a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by four Schuylkill County employees on Tuesday signed off on the settlement of a related action the U.S. Department of Justice filed .
Schuylkill County will have to take specific steps to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination, and have its compliance monitored, under a proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
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The U.S. Department of Justice is poised to withdraw from a federal sexual harassment lawsuit involving Schuylkill County.
No details were officially released about a settlement agreement between the .
This year saw the federal sexual harassment lawsuit against Schuylkill County Commissioner George F. Halcovage Jr. continuing to wend its way through court.
The suit was filed on March 16, 2021 in U.S.