Businessman fined in sexual harassment case | Daily Tidings

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The state labor board has ordered author and conspiracy theorist Michael C. Ruppert, to pay more than $125,000 to a former female employee he was accused of sexually harassing. State Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian, ordered the former Ashland businessman to pay Lindsay Gerken $2,713 in lost wages. Avakian then tagged on $125,000 in damages for the woman’s mental and emotional suffering for an award of $127,713. “(The Bureau of Labor and Industries) will not allow employers to ignore fundamental protections for workers’ rights,” Avakian said. “Sexual harassment of this magnitude is a brazen violation of the law and the damages ordered here will clearly show BOLI’s commitment to aggressively enforcing the law.” Related Stories Man says he’s innocent of sexual harassment Ashland employer ordered to pay in sexual harassment case