Bra Check :-/ ????????????? WTF

[j.m@talk]

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) -- A former nursing home worker has filed a $9 million federal lawsuit against an upstate county, claiming she's suffered mental anguish and needs anti-anxiety medication after being forced to prove she was wearing a bra at work. :x

Karen Tenney claims in the lawsuit against Essex County that a supervisor at the Horace Nye Nursing Home where she worked placed her hand on the back of Tenney's sweater to feel for a bra clasp. :eek:

When a clasp wasn't found, Tenney, a dietary aide, pulled up her sweater to show she was wearing a black sports bra. The move triggered other workers inside the dietary unit to show off the bras they were wearing. :r :r

"I feel that the actions of those involved constitute sexual harassment under federal and state law," Tenney said in court papers. "I have been constructively terminated by the actions of ... my employer and (the) failure to stop this harassment."

The undergarment check happened in April after nursing home officials received a complaint that Tenney was not wearing a bra as required by county policy.

Besides Essex County, which is in the Adirondacks, Tenney also names in her lawsuit the nursing home, county Attorney Richard Meyer and the state Civil Service Employees Union.

"We contend the suit is without merit," Meyer said.

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[porsch1909]

:r

[mireland]

or were they doing a boob check???..."ok ladies, let's see 'em!" :x :eek:

[leprechaun_40]

Wonder if they'll do a panty check next ??? :D

[zybch]

Its understandable to see why she was suspected of not wearing a bra, though getting this woman to provide proof or be fired is a little extreme.

[rraehal]

I think she will win the sexual harasment claim. Don't know that she will get 9 Million though.

I have spoken with a couple of Judges here in Denver while preparing for a company sexual harasment training program. The judge told us that it doesn't matter what a persons intentions are. It matters how the actions are interpreted by the other party or parties involved. Put in context it means how the employers action affected the employee who had to show her bra. If the other ladies who were prompted to show their bras also think it was a type of harasment, they can also get in on the lawsuit.

[zybch]

Thats the problem with so many lawsuits these days.
The jerks doing the suing all appear to be incredibly more sensitive than normal people, that is until they win their suites, then they revert back into the typical thick skinned american (just an example guys) who thinks its fine for the pat robertsons of the world to proclaim on radio/TV that Iraq should be nuked back to the stone ages.

Its all just a money making con by these law firms who survive on frivolous lawsuits and activley drum up buisness using late night TV infomercials.

[genesound]

Well in a nursing home I can see where braless might be a timesaver. :p

[leprechaun_40]

Well in a nursing home I can see where braless might be a timesaver. :p

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[zybch]

I'm a bit worried now.