According to the lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the former Shell employee alleges she was the target of sex discrimination and sexual harassment while working for the oil company. Examples of the treatment the woman claims she received includes having a supervisor tell her that females do not last long in his department and finding a sticker left on her desk with this statement written on it: “If your (vagina) hurts, just stay home.”
The woman also claims in her suit that the harassment and discrimination continued even after she reported it to Shell’s human resources department. The ex-Shell employee is suing for wrongful termination as well, alleging that she was fired as retaliation for the sexual discrimination and harassment complaints she filed with human resources.
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