Feb 1, 2012 10:58 AM
The manager of a Southampton laundry created a “sexually hostile work environment” for female employees and then retaliated against them when they complained by, in some cases, firing them, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The suit claims that Rajindra Singh, the general manager of Suffolk Laundry Services on County Road 39, physically and verbally harassed multiple female laundry workers at the facility over several years. It states that Mr. Singh regularly touched women inappropriately, forcibly kissed them, and made sexual comments about their appearance and body parts. The suit says he ran his hand up one woman’s leg toward her groin while making inappropriate comments. Another time, the suit states, before deciding whether to allow one woman to go home sick, he... more
The suit claims that Rajindra Singh, the general manager of Suffolk Laundry Services on County Road 39, physically and verbally harassed multiple female laundry workers at the facility over several years. It states that Mr. Singh regularly touched women inappropriately, forcibly kissed them, and made sexual comments about their appearance and body parts. The suit says he ran his hand up one woman’s leg toward her groin while making inappropriate comments. Another time, the suit states, before deciding whether to allow one woman to go home sick, he... more
