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Lack of forfeiture clause ensures benefits for alleged harasser.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-JUN-04
Format: Online - approximately 706 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A company that fired an employee based on allegations of sexual harassment must pay all benefits outlined in the employment contract, the Third Circuit has ruled. The court also held that the company's CEO cannot be held personally liable, reversing the lower court's decision. (Fields v. Thompson Printing Co., Nos. 02-2763, 02-2764, 2004 WL 626531 (3d Cir. Mar. 31, 2004).)

Gilbert Thompson, the CEO of Thompson Printing Co. (TPC), fired plaintiff Gerald Fields after three female employees alleged that Fields had sexually harassed them. Fields, the company's president at the time, filed claims against TPC under state law and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,...

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