Iowa State Appeal Board Approves $962K Sexual Harassment Settlement
An Iowa state panel on Jan. 11 approved settlements of two sexual harassment lawsuits filed by employees who alleged they were mistreated at work. The
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An Iowa state panel on Jan. 11 approved settlements of two sexual harassment lawsuits filed by employees who alleged they were mistreated at work. The
The State of Iowa has agreed to pay the former director of a University of Iowa program for students with disabilities $325,000 to settle her lawsuit accusing the institution and Board of Regents of age and gender discrimination and of violating her civil rights for equal pay.
Later this week, the Iowa Board of Regents is slated to pick a new president for the University of Iowa. Three of the four finalists are women, all from outside the university. The fourth is a man, Daniel Clay, who's currently dean of the UI College of Education. In a trial scheduled for December in Polk County (the regents' headquarters), the university will be the defendant in an age and gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a College of Education employee. And though the named defendants are the Iowa Board of Regents, the University of Iowa and the state of Iowa, Clay is the m...