EEOC Files a Lawsuit Against a Georgia-Based Oil Company for Sexual Harassment
McDonald Oil Company, a Georgia-based corporation operating gas stations and convenience stores in Orange Beach, Fairhope, and Spanish Fort, Alabama, subjected female employees to a sexually hostile work environment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the EEOC’s complaint, from at least June 2020 until late August 2020, the company allowed a male employee to subject multiple female employees to unwanted sexual touching and sexual comments about their bodies and questions about their sex lives. The male employee also solicited them for sex, disrobed at work, and circulated nude and semi-nude photos of himself that ultimately resulted in his criminal prosecution. The EEOC alleges that multiple supervisors ignored complaints from numerous female employees and customers. Rather than protect its employees and customers, McDonald Oil made excuses for the harasser and transferred him to another location where the harassment continued.
