European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday. November h4, t968 sex harassment reported in 90% of firms surveyed it lev York Ial j sea harassment complaint by female employees have i ii reported mar he year ill to percent of his corporations that responded in a Suruy released tuesday by working woman mag a me. In addition Llu Survey found More Lam a third of ihc1 a i timpani had been sued by victims a Quarter Hail been sued repeatedly and each spent an average off ,7 million a year in sex harassment relisted costs. Among other findings the Survey said two thirds of complaints Are made against immediate supervisors management and that most cases of sexual Harassim in an found to do valid. Working woman called it the first id Tifi Sam pling of harassment lit major . Companies. The Survey Suid the overwhelming number of Inci dents were reported by women complaining Aboul unwanted attention from men and that women in pre dominantly male work places fed the most vulnerable. The m la Ini Aho said the Survey found that u problem once regarded As a feminist Issue had become a Suh Slania business concern partly because of the increasing numbers of women at All Levels of the work Force. This is no longer the stereotypical old Boss chasing the pretty Young Secretary around the desk Anne Mollegen Smith editor in chief said at i Fiens Confer ence. If companies Don t Deal with it Heller this is a financial time bomb Abr american the Survey suggested Thill Many companies Art responding to the problem at East partly because Liev fear Adverse publicity and litigation. Two of 10 offend ers eventually Are discharged and Olden Are Given ver bal or written warnings the Survey found. I said top corporate policy makers generally have accepted the established guidelines for what constitutes harassment promulgated by the equal a ploy enl Opportunity commission in 9ho. The commission said sexual Harar Manl is tiny in Welcome be Ual Advance request for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is connected to decisions or that makes a working environment intimidating hostile or often Sivc. Freada Klein president of Klein associates inc., a Fambridge. Mass ased management consulting firm Hai Analysed the Survey results for if Magazine said the sfi.7 million a year average Cost to a company was calculated on the basis of absenteeism Low productivity and employee turnover. N 1987, a record s3.2 million was paid by one com Pany Mart corp., to Settle a single Case. Personnel human resources and equal Opportunity officers who represent 3.3 million employees at 160 of inc Nalion s biggest corporations responded to the Magazine s 49-question Survey. Working woman is a monthly published by the working woman Mccall n group of new York. The Survey appears in the december edition. Stateside overcrowded students stage protest with privy Moscow Idaho a in l protest ii jul overcrowded . Moscow High school indents sent District officials in unusual Mes Sage they chained an millions to the High school flagpole a sign rending "3 1 in a class is like three in an outhouse Chi Ilc by of seniors was posted on the privy which was discovered monday. District administrators have been wrestling with severe overcrowding problems for the past year. They Are considering i building Bond to expand classroom space. Windmill dealer guilty of Selling impossible dream j a a Man who Hail nearly 100 people lilting at Windmill dealerships has pleaded guilty to fraud. Joseph Komili jr., .1 1. Of Pittsburgh pleaded Guilly to 1.1 counts of mail fraud and two count sol interstate transportation of fraudulently obtained securities. Prosecutors say Romah operated r eggs wind Energy systems in Carnegie and made false representations regarding inc ability of the company to provide Les cd windmills. Panel urges parents to screen foys for safety Ati the con Sumer product safety commission on tuesday defended its record on ridding the Market of Dangi Tous toys but urged Parent to consider Afelt when shopping i r their children this Holiday season. While Fet Cral Atil hollies have stepped up it Iris to intercept dangerous imported toys at use nations rxn1i. Parent is must Silil in Metier safely Anne Gra Ham mid reporters at Hie Federal Agency s As Inua Lin Lidiia safety news conference the commission said its joint Effort with the . C us oms service which was Hermit in i , has resulted in the Sei ure of a i 1 1 1 toys that failed to meet Federal safety Guirk Toni s i Tucei Del. 1. Im7. And sept. W. I Jas and 162.668 oys. Inc oct. Of this Yeji. Hut commission of legals urged parents to Heel the age and. Warning labels on toss consider their child s Smil Lew add be aware of the play environment. Standing before a display of toys that had been recalled in i just. Graham Alio responded from the consumer affairs c commit acc of the americans for democratic act tort. Which an monday claimed that the major reason fur the of dangerous toys is the pitiful inc Stude of the cps. To clearly Don t agree wit i their ally i Lions we. Spend s months out of even year trying to address toy Gre Ham said. Fin the other hand. I m appreciative of lilt Aix for hanging the toys that thai i. Concerned about to our attention. Our compliance unit will be looking at immediately and Ilc Terminini if they a Safe or not. If they re not Well take Mea sures to get them office Narke she said. Toys caused 111.000 injuries year including ,0 x to children under a i 15, according to the safety Toni Mission two types of toys to avoid said in its report monday Are baby walk ers and crib gyms. The was cers can tip Over or fall Down stairs while the gyms Are responsible it r a dozen deaths and .662 other injuries in he past five years the report said. Accidents involving baby walkers occur when step or stairways Are not blocked or doors Are not closed John Preston a mechanical Engineer with the commission said at the news conference. He encouraged aftera within stun news conference Ada chairman Ann Brit Van looks in As suit ii cd Lemma had
