SEIU: Wackenhut to Pay $80k Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit

To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS

Contact: Gina Bowers of SEIU, +1-310-291-5711

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wackenhut Puerto Rico must pay an $80,000 settlement to former employee Catalina Lopez Vasquez in a case that was brought by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding sexual harassment and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Wackenhut Puerto Rico is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Wackenhut Corporation, which is owned by London-based security conglomerate Group 4 Securicor.

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