International Profit Associations Inc., as described in official hearings documents, was a stronghold of bad male behavior.
The sexual harassment scenes portrayed in these documents would make even the male chauvinists of the TV show "Mad Men"blush. Yet despite the graphic testimony of 82 women who worked there, the company managed to postpone paying the victims of an EEOC sexual harassment suit for 13 years.
The EEOC announced this week that it had finally extracted the final check from the company, now known as International Services. The company agreed to pay $8 million to settlement claims with the 82 plaintiffs, with each receiving roughly $100,000 for the harassment they endured while employed at the Buffalo Grove, Ill., telemarketer.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
