Hundreds Of Women Accuse Major Jewelry Chain Of Widespread Sexual Harassment
Sterling Jewelers is the parent company behind Jared the Galleria of Jewelers and Kay Jewelers.
By Jenna Amatulli
Jared the Galleria of Jewelers and Kay Jewelers’ parent company, Sterling Jewelers, is facing a class-action arbitration case from thousands of former and current employees, 250 of whom allege the company “fostered rampant sexual harassment and discrimination,” The Washington Post reported Monday.
Women at the company have come forward to say that they “were routinely groped, demeaned and urged to sexually cater to their bosses” during the late 1990s and 2000s. More than a dozen women initially filed for arbitration in 2008.
Not all class members are alleging sexual impropriety. There are also accusations of wage violations, which argue that women were paid less than men and “passed over for promotions given to less experienced male colleagues.”
This information hasn’t come to light until now because the employees’ attorneys were only granted permission to release the information publicly on Sunday. The case is being settled through arbitration (re: privately) and it’s not clear why it’s taken so long to settle.
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