Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994 TAG: 9409080065
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By MICHAEL STOWE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The Bath County company also has agreed "to provide sensitivity training to its employees regarding sexual harassment and to provide counseling for those employees who engage in any type of sexual harassment," according to the settlement filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
Mary Virginia Crowder alleges that she was sexually harassed by The Homestead's head cook, according to court records.
In January, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a suit on Crowder's behalf charging that The Homestead had subjected the woman to a hostile work environment since at least February 1991.
The harassment made Crowder's job "so intolerable" that she left the company, court records said.
The settlement requires The Homestead to distribute copies of its sexual-harassment policy to all of its approximately 1,000 employees. The company also agreed to display in "conspicuous places" a poster telling workers how to file an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claim.
Mary Sanders, a spokeswoman for The Homestead, said she couldn't comment because she hadn't received a copy of the settlement and knew nothing about the complaint.
The 600-room hotel, famous for its golf courses and ski slopes, is one of Bath County's largest employers. The resort, previously owned by Virginia Hot Springs Inc., was purchased last year by a subsidiary of Club Resorts Inc. of Dallas.
The former owner was facing bankruptcy when Club Resorts stepped in and began a major renovation of the resort's facilities.
by CNB