Sexual harassment complaints strain human rights agencies
A
wave of sexual harassment complaints that accompanied the #MeToo
movement is straining many of the state and local offices tasked with policing
workplace discrimination of all kinds.
Places
such as New York City and Massachusetts have added resources to deal with the
surge in complaints, but human rights agencies elsewhere say their small staffs
are struggling to keep up with growing caseloads.
In
Connecticut, which is on pace to receive nearly twice as many sexual
harassment complaints as last year, some lawmakers worry about delays
resolving those cases and others involving employment, housing and credit
discrimination.
"If
someone has gotten up the strength to come forward, I don't want that strength
to be dissipated because of a system that's broken," state Sen. Mae Flexer
said.
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