Apr 15, 2011, 09.01pm IST
SYDNEY: Australian lawyers have filed an Australian dollar 1.1m harassment suit against computing giant IBM on behalf of a former employee who alleges she was so seriously bullied that she twice attempted suicide.
The woman, a former senior sales consultant with the US-based company in Melbourne, is suing the firm for damages claiming it failed to act on her repeated complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse.
"Our client was a high-performing executive earning in excess of $158,000 per year, and often took home bonuses of several thousand dollars per month," said Siobhan Keating, representing the woman in her Australian Human Rights Commission case.
Over a two-year period, Keating said the manager repeatedly rubbed himself against the woman in the office, put his hand on her leg and up her dress during a night function and told her to "get your breasts out" to boost sales. More:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/software-services/Former-employee-sues-IBM-for-bullying/articleshow/7991942.cms
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