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- Title: Jacqueline C. Allen v. Department
- Author : Supreme Court of Vermont
- Release Date : January 16, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
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The Employment Security Board denied plaintiff unemployment benefits because, before quitting her job, she did not give notice to her employer's business manager or someone in similar authority that she was being sexually harassed by her supervisor. Plaintiff appealed. We reverse and remand. Plaintiff worked at Vermont Academy as a secretary for the housekeeping and maintenance departments. From December 1989 to April 1990, plaintiff alleged, and the Board expressly found, that one of plaintiff's two supervisors, the head of maintenance, made sexual advances toward her on at least three occasions. The first incident occurred in December 1989, when the supervisor grabbed plaintiff and kissed her. Plaintiff informed no one of the incident. Several days later the supervisor apologized and stated that it would not happen again. In January 1990, the supervisor asked plaintiff for a New Year's kiss, and plaintiff objected. He later apologized and made another promise to stop the conduct. In April 1990, however, the supervisor for a third time insisted that she kiss him. Plaintiff refused, pushed the supervisor away, and left. Finally, in August 1990, the supervisor requested that plaintiff accompany him to the gym basement to take inventory. Although plaintiff agreed to perform the task, she refused to do so in the isolated basement. No incidents occurred during the inventory; however, plaintiff, claiming she feared further unwanted sexual advances, shortly thereafter quit her job.